tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post2349372320831810952..comments2023-09-27T07:44:19.769-04:00Comments on Sabine Hossenfelder: Backreaction: Contemporary - Contd.Sabine Hossenfelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-89876365303032759802007-10-28T00:16:00.000-04:002007-10-28T00:16:00.000-04:00Kris, I see now.Leonard Susskind Joins PiKris, <BR/><BR/>I see now.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/News/In_The_Media/Leonard_Susskind_Joins_PI/" REL="nofollow">Leonard Susskind Joins Pi</A>PlatoHagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00849253658526056393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-39980149864865225592007-10-27T20:05:00.000-04:002007-10-27T20:05:00.000-04:00well, the abstraction would likely be pouring a bo...well, the abstraction would likely be pouring a bowl with spaghetti on the canvas, covering it with plenty of transparently drying glue, and calling it 'The mysterious amateur' (title created by randomly opening a thesaurus).<BR/><BR/>Hi Stefan,<BR/><BR/>I would estimate the size to roughly 2.5 x 1.8 m or so. It's really a large painting, this is apparently why it's not so easy to get a Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-4872086682057438182007-10-27T17:22:00.000-04:002007-10-27T17:22:00.000-04:00This commercial aired in 2004 Transcript:Come on g...This <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4PjWtQzUSg" REL="nofollow">commercial</A> aired in 2004 <BR/><BR/>Transcript:<BR/><BR/>Come on guys<BR/><BR/>[ this is Dewayne Washington of the Pittsburgh Steelers ]<BR/><BR/>This is my favorite painting<BR/><BR/>[ Dewayne helps the United Way build stronger communities by supporting afterschool programs for kids ]<BR/><BR/>Based on traditional Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-12778327834169883212007-10-27T16:17:00.000-04:002007-10-27T16:17:00.000-04:00Dear Bee,Stefan, look at this, do you recall the b...Dear Bee,<BR/><BR/><I>Stefan, look at this, do you recall the black hole production? Looks to me as if Heller choose the stepsize somewhat too large, his curves look rather bumpy to me.</I><BR/><BR/>Thanks for the pointer :-). There is <A HREF="http://www.ericjhellergallery.com/index.pl?page=image;iid=4" REL="nofollow">more information</A> about the figure on the <A HREF="http://stefanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09495628046446378453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-68558308113051048782007-10-27T02:26:00.000-04:002007-10-27T02:26:00.000-04:00It's pathetic that after getting rid of one painti...It's pathetic that after getting rid of one painting that nobody liked, they (whoever <I>they</I> is) would pick a quasi-isomorphic painting by the same artist. The new one is better: the first one violated every rule of art, chopping the composition awkwardly in two with an arbitrary horizontal line near the bottom. But --- the new one is still not actually <I>good</I>. The empty black wall John Baezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11573268162105600948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-52185542525361740892007-10-26T22:37:00.000-04:002007-10-26T22:37:00.000-04:00Plato,Don't know. Maybe Suskind's hiring is inert...Plato,<BR/><BR/>Don't know. Maybe Suskind's hiring is inertia, like that painting.<BR/><BR/>One difference between modern art and theoretical physics: The art community has gone beyond abstraction for the sake of abstraction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-65026405436726896882007-10-26T14:05:00.000-04:002007-10-26T14:05:00.000-04:00With apologies to all those who are annoyed by wor...With apologies to all those who are annoyed by word-verification: we've had an incredible amount of spam comments since yesterday evening, and I had to turn it on again. Sorry about that, <BR/><BR/>B.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-3059830933669767762007-10-26T08:22:00.000-04:002007-10-26T08:22:00.000-04:00Kris, I don't think anybody at PI has ever been hi...Kris, I don't think anybody at PI has ever been hired coincidentally.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-33087053607317821032007-10-26T07:39:00.000-04:002007-10-26T07:39:00.000-04:00Kris Krogh: Maybe it's not coincidental that Leona...<B>Kris Krogh</B>: <I>Maybe it's not coincidental that Leonard Susskind has been hired by Perimeter.</I><BR/><BR/>Hired as "what" and for "what?" :)PlatoHagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00849253658526056393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-59407092804574701412007-10-26T07:34:00.000-04:002007-10-26T07:34:00.000-04:00Elizabeth has A "Cross modal Problem?" :)"That is,...Elizabeth has A "Cross modal Problem?" :)<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://eskesthai.blogspot.com/2006/03/more-on-wassily-kandinsky.html" REL="nofollow" TITLE="More on Wassily Kandinsky">"That is, the stimulation of one sensory modality reliably causes a perception in one or more different senses.</A>"<BR/><BR/>....while she mixes up "<A HREF="http://simscience.org/membranes/advanced/essay/images/PlatoHagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00849253658526056393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-1484227256520961962007-10-25T19:47:00.000-04:002007-10-25T19:47:00.000-04:00Maybe it's not coincidental that Leonard Susskind ...Maybe it's not coincidental that Leonard Susskind has been hired by Perimeter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-35800395191327971092007-10-25T19:29:00.000-04:002007-10-25T19:29:00.000-04:00Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. Some mo...Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. Some modern art as a metaphor for modern theoretical physics...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-64650087317881255002007-10-25T19:12:00.000-04:002007-10-25T19:12:00.000-04:00Hi Uncle:Thanks for the link, that is a great pict...Hi Uncle:<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the link, that is a great picture! Too bad Heller's gallery returns only an error message. There are some more pics here on <A HREF="http://www.fnal.gov/pub/Art_Gallery/archive/Heller/index.html" REL="nofollow">this website</A>. <BR/><BR/>Stefan, look at <A HREF="http://www-visualmedia.fnal.gov/VMS_Site/Gallery/StillPhotos/ArtGallery/Heller/Collision%20II.jpg" REL="Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-9985601502987472172007-10-25T19:00:00.000-04:002007-10-25T19:00:00.000-04:00Hi Klaus::-) Well. Maybe the painting works on som...Hi Klaus:<BR/><BR/>:-) Well. Maybe the painting works on some wall, but I honestly don't like it on this wall. I think the problem is that PI has hired a professional to select some paintings. She, however, has several artists under contract and basically tries to sell their paintings. I have no doubt she knows what she is doing. The question is tho whose benefit. Among other things she claims Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-64858622497833580612007-10-25T18:06:00.000-04:002007-10-25T18:06:00.000-04:00Fully agree with you Bee,The pics are "möchtegern"...Fully agree with you Bee,<BR/><BR/>The pics are "möchtegern" art.<BR/><BR/>The first looks like 3 men with fancy-colored socks standing in at a pissoir designed by Miro.<BR/><BR/>see Miro's pic:Garden, Joan Miró (1893-1983)<BR/><BR/>best<BR/><BR/>KlausAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-59607356533734862422007-10-25T15:08:00.000-04:002007-10-25T15:08:00.000-04:00Output of a modest artist with much to be modest a...Output of a modest artist with much to be modest about. Here's meaningful, aesthetically pleasing physicist art. Transport series by Eric J. Heller.<BR/><BR/>http://thisquantumworld.com/ht/images/stories/RFA/transport_ii_400.jpg<BR/>http://www.phschool.com/science/science_news/articles/electron_runs_through.html<BR/>http://www.hno.harvard.edu/gazette/2000/12.14/20-physicist.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-81258706076160744872007-10-25T13:16:00.000-04:002007-10-25T13:16:00.000-04:00The security guys are sitting on a desk directly o...The security guys are sitting on a desk directly opposite to the wall on the photo. I guess if you have to look at this video a whole day, over and over, you come close to knowing <A HREF="http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2007/09/imaginary-part.html" REL="nofollow">what it feels like being a mathematical structure</A> ;-)Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-88434796732033107552007-10-25T12:04:00.000-04:002007-10-25T12:04:00.000-04:00Alternatively, Mike Lazaridis could play a big LCD...Alternatively, Mike Lazaridis could play a big LCD panel and play the <A HREF="http://youtube.com/watch?v=mOSokCXeTbw" REL="nofollow">spin foam animation</A> over and over. ;-)Luboš Motlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17487263983247488359noreply@blogger.com