tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post2211594849834266731..comments2023-09-27T07:44:19.769-04:00Comments on Sabine Hossenfelder: Backreaction: Community DeconstructionSabine Hossenfelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-3469263613950048572008-08-08T16:19:00.000-04:002008-08-08T16:19:00.000-04:00back @ Bee: ah, well, being terse is a way. Being ...back @ Bee: ah, well, being terse is a way. Being cryptic is another. Combining them of course can be quite effective. Saying nothing often stalls people. <BR/><BR/>Truly, this ultimately brings up the dilemma of: what degree of social interaction do [I] need to feel comfortable?<BR/><BR/>A better question is: What is balance?bellamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12243108422389386105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-70672222396988807612008-08-06T21:41:00.000-04:002008-08-06T21:41:00.000-04:00In response to the comments on the relationship be...In response to the comments on the relationship between biology and the internet... the body has several feedback systems that work over successively longer cycles to deal with both high and low frequency events. The immune system is on the slow side of that spectrum. I think the internet is on the fast side. Political networks (like the emergence of national or ethnic consciousness) are more Michael F. Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15279501532684851571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-83528649266819414512008-08-06T21:37:00.000-04:002008-08-06T21:37:00.000-04:00There must be technological solutions to this prob...There must be technological solutions to this problem. Google is not the last word on connecting information supply to information demand. Some entrepreneur is going to find a way to make it easier for everyone to have access to and an ability to sort through vast amounts of information. Social networks and their directed hierarchies are just the best way of sorting information that we've comeMichael F. Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15279501532684851571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-50852700080677423372008-08-06T20:32:00.000-04:002008-08-06T20:32:00.000-04:00There is cellular and humoral immune response. Ti...There is cellular and humoral immune response. Titrating with Vitamin C makes a nasty cold brief. White blood cells burn ascorbate to make reactive oxyen species to attack invaders. After a few days antibodies rev up and clean house. You'll get well either way, but minimizing early damage and pathogen load is good.<BR/><BR/>Same for public interaction. Eventually your lawyers will go after Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-2126852362932148842008-08-06T19:16:00.000-04:002008-08-06T19:16:00.000-04:00Hi Bellamy,I'm totally with you. Just one question...Hi Bellamy,<BR/><BR/>I'm totally with you. Just one question: how on earth do we discourage trivial information production (or often: reproduction) if that's basically what the internet presently seems to be all about? Best,<BR/><BR/>B.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-29050032006395693192008-08-06T19:14:00.000-04:002008-08-06T19:14:00.000-04:00Hey Alejandro,Haven't heard from you in a while, h...Hey Alejandro,<BR/><BR/>Haven't heard from you in a while, how is it going? You are of course right, we should have fanclubs for the prominent VIPs, I'm all in favor of that. At the very least a Facebook page would do, then everybody can post whatever nonsense at 'The Wall' and occasionally poke Dr. X, or throw a turkey at Prof. Y. Sounds like the way to go! Best,<BR/><BR/>B.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-25091346598961977522008-08-06T19:11:00.000-04:002008-08-06T19:11:00.000-04:00Hi Giotis,Well, I'm not very talkative anyhow ;-)B...Hi Giotis,<BR/><BR/>Well, I'm not very talkative anyhow ;-)<BR/><BR/>B.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-8438479488831255252008-08-06T16:53:00.000-04:002008-08-06T16:53:00.000-04:00"I would rather cut off my tongue than passing on ..."I would rather cut off my tongue than passing on your email to any of my colleagues"<BR/><BR/>Ouch! I would definitely prefer to pass the email:-)<BR/><BR/>BR/GiotisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-46460264241447995712008-08-06T16:41:00.000-04:002008-08-06T16:41:00.000-04:00What is lacking is the ability, for "important peo...What is lacking is the ability, for "important people" in the science business, to use groupies in an efficient way. A VIP could arrange a circle of non-intimate but fanatic followers to keep her correspondence, answer it, even paste the occasional lipstick kiss in the envelope.Alejandro Riverohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181521111080562335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-3814257120716244282008-08-06T16:11:00.000-04:002008-08-06T16:11:00.000-04:00First thing: competition. Alas, humans.Second: inf...First thing: competition. Alas, humans.<BR/><BR/>Second: information excess. This can be handled in two, complimentary ways - create less (you know, be fuckin kung fu), and discourage trivial information production. Boundary conditions are crucial.bellamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12243108422389386105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-86388243648033434572008-08-06T14:13:00.000-04:002008-08-06T14:13:00.000-04:00Become rich and famous enough or important enough ...Become rich and famous enough or important enough to have a secretary and staff!Arunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03451666670728177970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-82493532145435204352008-08-06T12:24:00.000-04:002008-08-06T12:24:00.000-04:00Dear Bee,I've covered my apartment with about a hu...Dear Bee,<BR/><BR/><I>I've covered my apartment with about a hundred piles of papers</I><BR/><BR/>that's a funny coincidence in numbers - the new appartment is covered by about a hundered moving boxes. But they may be easier to "digest" than piles of paper.. Anyway, I should perhaps take some pictures of that chaos ;-)<BR/><BR/>Cheers, Stefanstefanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09495628046446378453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-31849167830942712392008-08-06T11:15:00.000-04:002008-08-06T11:15:00.000-04:00Hi Uncle,Interestingly enough, I too have compared...Hi Uncle,<BR/><BR/>Interestingly enough, I too have compared social networks to biological networks, but I don't think the analogy to the immune system is very appropriate. Reason is the human response system to bodily threats manages to notice local problems through various sophisticated messenger systems and then deals with them locally, whereas social network have to be triggered by threshold Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-67765323614865973882008-08-06T11:02:00.000-04:002008-08-06T11:02:00.000-04:00Social networking is an immune system. To succeed...Social networking is an immune system. To succeed it is broad with low amplitude but spikes when challenged. It can be overwhelmed, then exogenous antibiotic or death.<BR/><BR/>Strong input buffering renders you a manager, Howard Hughes, or a presidential candidate: Power isolated from relevant information.<BR/><BR/>Establishing yourself requires climbing a mountain of (metaphoric) corpses, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com