tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post3020284908616891768..comments2023-09-27T07:44:19.769-04:00Comments on Sabine Hossenfelder: Backreaction: Theories of Everything [I've been singing again]Sabine Hossenfelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-62419923787653719212020-09-03T01:25:34.814-04:002020-09-03T01:25:34.814-04:00Ah, let me guess. You have your own great theory o...Ah, let me guess. You have your own great theory of something which solves all the problems that the stupid physicists have not been able to solve. And most amazingly, you did it all without ever having to make a PhD or read their terribly thick textbooks. Indeed, that you did not bother educating yourself must be the reason you see so much clearly than all the dumb PhDs who are just paddling Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-84159875578807841092020-09-02T23:37:10.227-04:002020-09-02T23:37:10.227-04:00Crass irresponsible anti science rubbish, if Sabin...Crass irresponsible anti science rubbish, if Sabine had scientific integrity she would be saying don't send me half baked theories that don't explain everything from gravity to quantum entanglement, that don't solve the vacuum catastrophe or provide a testable solution to the double slit experiment but if you have a theory that does PLEASE send it to me. Instead she says, I have givencloseroom101https://www.blogger.com/profile/01318846966359588695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-68307802771383843162020-08-26T20:47:39.813-04:002020-08-26T20:47:39.813-04:00Papa.
If the citizens are motivated to solve a pro...Papa.<br />If the citizens are motivated to solve a problem that actually exists, we can solve it better than any public institution. Their guidance, support and even restrictions may be helpful ... but, in the end, they may just create yet another institution. Approach with caution. Jmo., Bert.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Korean War Photo Documentaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12109120741562284394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-37880396089961051742020-08-26T10:13:02.895-04:002020-08-26T10:13:02.895-04:00Paps,
“ I think that that type of blogs or of webs...Paps,<br />“ I think that that type of blogs or of websites is in someway doing a job that should theoretically be done by public institutions, i.e.: they should make at least annual reports on activities that are paid by our taxes.”<br /><br />If you look at the cern.ch website you can find *lots* of information. Some of it even formulated for laymen.ChrisHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14843309565987557644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-89175308221731541242020-08-26T10:01:51.481-04:002020-08-26T10:01:51.481-04:00Perhaps science outreach programs have been *too* ...Perhaps science outreach programs have been *too* successful? Everyone has heard of Faraday’s brilliance despite (according to Wikipedia) not having mastered trigonometry. And of the lowly patent examiner, bad at maths(*), who showed The Establishment who was the real genius. So now, every Tom, Dick and Harry with no maths skills and a crackpot idea thinks that *proves* they’re right! :-)<br /><ChrisHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14843309565987557644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-39661920582050962602020-08-26T05:14:41.620-04:002020-08-26T05:14:41.620-04:00Sabine Hossenfelder1:16 AM, August 25, 2020
I see...Sabine Hossenfelder1:16 AM, August 25, 2020<br /><br />I see. Thanks.Steven Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13898046706669437332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-4380268122694748202020-08-26T05:12:36.719-04:002020-08-26T05:12:36.719-04:00PhysicistDave3:01 AM, August 26, 2020
"But t...PhysicistDave3:01 AM, August 26, 2020<br /><br />"But the truth is that I have learned from Steve's rather boisterous objections. He has forced me to rethink and strengthen my own arguments."<br /><br />Blah, blah, blah, troll, troll, troll.<br />You have learned nothing. You are still claiming you have a "logical proof" that the mind cannot be emergent from the brain. Or Steven Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13898046706669437332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-11207165254662146542020-08-26T04:34:18.160-04:002020-08-26T04:34:18.160-04:00Yes, you're the Dave I referred to. I think ev...Yes, you're the Dave I referred to. I think everyone has some ideas that are a little out there. The relevant point is to make clear to the reader when one is crossing the line from pretty much generally accepted knowledge to personal speculation. Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-20986404876734999062020-08-26T03:01:29.821-04:002020-08-26T03:01:29.821-04:00ChrisH wrote:
>Any physics online space will au...ChrisH wrote:<br />>Any physics online space will automatically attract crackpots begging for attention (note to crackpots: try *really hard* to disprove your own theory, *after* you’ve thoroughly understood the ones currently accepted by people who were good at school, good at university, have studied the subject for years, and are capable of writing grammatically correct sentences...)<br /><PhysicistDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11111405959451703182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-85839431171502457362020-08-26T00:42:29.857-04:002020-08-26T00:42:29.857-04:00Yes, Michael, and that's exactly why I am frus...Yes, Michael, and that's exactly why I am frustrated about my comment section. I am not here for YOUR "name recognition" and I am also not here for giving YOU feedback on YOUR ideas. What the heck makes you think you own my time? Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-89625725999186495672020-08-25T14:16:56.293-04:002020-08-25T14:16:56.293-04:00I think I have various motivations for commenting ...I think I have various motivations for commenting on a blog. One is name recognition. Two is learning something. Three is getting feedback on my ideas. Sometimes one has to say outrageous things to get name recognition.Michael John Sarnowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00528454593064091302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-90150458167081898772020-08-25T08:06:04.661-04:002020-08-25T08:06:04.661-04:00Hi Paps,
That we are missing a theory of quantum ...Hi Paps,<br /><br />That we are missing a theory of quantum gravity is a serious and well-defined problem. There has to be an answer to this question how gravity works on the quantum level, yet we do not know it. Trying to develop such a theory is not a waste of time. <br /><br />The problem with theories of everything is that they try to solve problems which are no problems to begin with and do Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-61667853578831866342020-08-25T05:19:51.032-04:002020-08-25T05:19:51.032-04:00Seemingly, many science-loving people have taken a...Seemingly, many science-loving people have taken a literally-interpreted “universe from nothing” concept to heart. But seemingly, there can be no genuine “nothing”, and in any case, physics is always about “something”. The aspects of the world that physicists represent with words or mathematically/ logically are not nothing: even the number zero or an equation that equates to zero does not Lorraine Fordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00175567853773691970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-71804788817919572272020-08-25T01:16:29.625-04:002020-08-25T01:16:29.625-04:00Steven,
Space-time does not shrink to "zero ...Steven,<br /><br />Space-time does not shrink to "zero extent" if you go back in time. That's a common misunderstanding with Big-Bang cosmology. What happens is that the curvature of space becomes technically infinitely large, which is why the equations break down. <br /><br />I don't know what "a universe from literally nothing" means and I don't know of a way to Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-63416722355512315822020-08-24T23:00:31.076-04:002020-08-24T23:00:31.076-04:00Lorraine Ford7:18 AM, August 24, 2020
" is a...Lorraine Ford7:18 AM, August 24, 2020<br /><br />" is a relationship which might be expressed as: “matter + space-time = 0”." <br /><br />I don't mean that matter cancels out space-time, I mean if you go back far enough there is literally nothing - anti-matter cancels out matter and space-time shrinks to zero extent, or whatever.<br /><br />Dr. H. - has a universe from literally Steven Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13898046706669437332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-20603812403479485302020-08-24T10:52:47.109-04:002020-08-24T10:52:47.109-04:00PhysicistDave6:23 AM, August 24, 2020
You're c...PhysicistDave6:23 AM, August 24, 2020<br />You're completely f*cking nuts. So you're back to having a proof today, but are still not prepared to reveal it.<br /><br />PhysicistDave3:25 AM, April 29, 2020<br />I have hated and despised pathological liars ..since I was a very young child..<br /><br />SE' You claim to have a "logical proof" that mind cannot be emergent from Steven Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13898046706669437332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-54110793292984988282020-08-24T10:24:50.456-04:002020-08-24T10:24:50.456-04:00Chris,
Yes, the comments are a problem. I want to...Chris,<br /><br />Yes, the comments are a problem. I want to be available somehow to answer questions on my writing and/or videos, but (as you can tell) most people just use comment sections to dump their opinions on this or that. The consequence is of course that I have trouble fishing out the few comments that actually might be interesting and/or helpful for others because they point out Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-23383456056017322902020-08-24T09:41:59.612-04:002020-08-24T09:41:59.612-04:00Terry Bollinger1:01 PM, August 21, 2020
“My respec...<br />Terry Bollinger1:01 PM, August 21, 2020<br />“My respect for Max Tegmark has just gone up twenty notches! Most impressive, and I too like the nod to good ol' FORTRAN!“<br /><br />Everyone knows that God uses Lisp! (*) The couplet even scans more *beautifully* — and is therefore, obviously, more correct.<br /><br />To use the method, you can get<br />a LISP code from the Internet.<br /><ChrisHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14843309565987557644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-77574831237455577282020-08-24T09:35:14.649-04:002020-08-24T09:35:14.649-04:00Dear Sabine,
Thanks for this, and for your book (...Dear Sabine,<br /><br />Thanks for this, and for your book (which I’ve just finished) and for your blog.<br /><br />I’ve spent a couple of days reading the comments...<br /><br />I’m astonished that you still appear to read (and reply to) them! How do you manage? Why?? Are there enough where you think “that was insightful/interesting” that make it worth it?<br /><br />Any physics online space ChrisHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14843309565987557644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-59914382401533300692020-08-24T08:11:41.056-04:002020-08-24T08:11:41.056-04:00I meant this comment with a bit of mirth. When it ...I meant this comment with a bit of mirth. When it comes to physics I am referring to the vacuum. The quantum vacuum with an asymmetrical quartic form can permit states in the higher energy false vacuum to tunnel into the lower energy so called true vacuum. This is a sort of approximation to nothingness. In particular if it is timeless, which means there is no global Hamiltonian that generates Lawrence Crowellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12090839464038445335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-29577906002155704722020-08-24T07:18:06.338-04:002020-08-24T07:18:06.338-04:00Steven,
Your suggestion that “matter and space-ti...Steven,<br /><br />Your suggestion that “matter and space-time … cancel out to literally nothing” is a relationship which might be expressed as: “matter + space-time = 0”. A relationship is not nothing; the relationship is not cancelled out. And zero is a number; a number is a special type of thing, not nothing. Lorraine Fordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00175567853773691970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-37104650323928260342020-08-24T06:23:54.951-04:002020-08-24T06:23:54.951-04:00Steven Evans wrote to me:
>We assume the laws o...Steven Evans wrote to me:<br />>We assume the laws of Physics.<br />>We conclude that the "mind" cannot be derived from the laws of Physics.<br /><br />>Now you fill in the proof between those 2 lines, you lying troll. Because you have a proof.<br /><br />You're making some progress in the treatment program, Steve!<br /><br />It would be more precise to say :"currentlyPhysicistDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11111405959451703182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-17984503161217229092020-08-24T04:44:34.699-04:002020-08-24T04:44:34.699-04:00Lorraine Ford12:28 AM, August 24, 2020
"If a...Lorraine Ford12:28 AM, August 24, 2020<br /><br />"If a structure appears out of “nothing”, then the “nothing” wasn’t nothing after all. "<br /><br />How do you know this? <br />How do you know that if we work backwards in time that matter and space-time don't eventually cancel out to literally nothing?<br />Do you have empirical evidence?<br />Not that I think Lawrence Krauss Steven Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13898046706669437332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-47169595312586971082020-08-24T01:10:27.756-04:002020-08-24T01:10:27.756-04:00PhysicistDave5:36 AM, August 23, 2020
You lie and...PhysicistDave5:36 AM, August 23, 2020<br /><br />You lie and you lie and you lie.<br /><br />"Well, it is a little more complicated than that, "<br /><br />Is that right, Dave. I love to be patronised by halfwits.<br /><br />"It has to do with what terms can show up non-tautologically in the conclusion of a proof."<br /><br />Is that right, Dave. "It has to do" with Steven Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13898046706669437332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-74504677436384181962020-08-24T00:28:46.689-04:002020-08-24T00:28:46.689-04:00“Nothing” seems to be a neat and tidy idea, but th...“Nothing” seems to be a neat and tidy idea, but there is no genuine nothing:<br /><br />Something representable as variables/ categories, numbers, and logical and/or mathematical operators is a type of structure: it is not nothing.<br /><br />If a structure appears out of “nothing”, then the “nothing” wasn’t nothing after all. Lorraine Fordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00175567853773691970noreply@blogger.com