tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post3053103013950809240..comments2023-09-27T07:44:19.769-04:00Comments on Sabine Hossenfelder: Backreaction: She figures there's way to goSabine Hossenfelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comBlogger124125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-8832444856929469452009-12-17T07:40:56.169-05:002009-12-17T07:40:56.169-05:00Hi Andrew,
I find it strange that Tiger would nee...Hi Andrew,<br /><br />I find it strange that Tiger would need to read elementary books in regards to physics, since his success in golf seem to indicate he already has command of the basic knowledge in regards to the actions and reactions of the forces of nature. It then might be better to advise him that his understanding that could use some attention is that his preference for blondes is not Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-56322139039116976752009-12-17T06:29:50.636-05:002009-12-17T06:29:50.636-05:00Hi Arun,
Well yes since evolution is a slow proce...Hi Arun,<br /><br />Well yes since evolution is a slow process, in complex life forms, it is difficult to be positive that a certain trait it resultant of a particular <a href="http://discovermagazine.com/2007/apr/the-upside-of-color-blindness" rel="nofollow">environmental influence</a>. None the less the fact is far more men are colour blind then women, which brings with it advantage and Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-27827839459273656252009-12-17T06:11:18.741-05:002009-12-17T06:11:18.741-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-35499953700426768812009-12-17T04:52:52.980-05:002009-12-17T04:52:52.980-05:00Hi Steven, yes I saw that: link
(Tiger Woods is l...Hi Steven, yes I saw that: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/dec/15/nuclear-physics-research-budget-cut" rel="nofollow">link</a><br /><br />(<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/dec/04/tiger-woods-get-a-grip-on-physics-john-gribbin" rel="nofollow">Tiger Woods is learning physics</a>)Andrew Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03852211910001840777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-40254707957876867662009-12-16T22:24:19.440-05:002009-12-16T22:24:19.440-05:00Hey Andrew, what is your country up to? Male or fe...Hey Andrew, what is your country up to? Male or female, the following announcement in the UK was made today, showing it's tough all over regardless of gender:<br /><br />STFC slashes funding for astronomy and physics<br /><br />16 December 2009<br />By Zoë Corbyn, Times Higher Education<br /><br />Effort to plug £40 million hole will involve cuts in studentships, fellowships and grants. Zoë Steven Colyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435759210177642257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-85855567334490258892009-12-16T22:19:49.961-05:002009-12-16T22:19:49.961-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Steven Colyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435759210177642257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-90261315965442449152009-12-16T22:17:43.117-05:002009-12-16T22:17:43.117-05:00I do admit to behaving trollish...
Any male or fem...I do admit to behaving trollish...<br />Any male or female interested in the nature of Reality is OK with me.<br /><br />"I want to know what<br /> The whole show's about<br /> Before it's out.<br /> Piet Hein<br /> GrooksGordonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-68920969068181272142009-12-16T22:01:43.634-05:002009-12-16T22:01:43.634-05:00Steve: You actually are defending Gray's "...Steve: You actually are defending Gray's "Men Are From Mars and Women Are From Venus"??<br />And then try to ban people who disagree with your premises? <br />The blog would be pretty boring.<br />BTW, it should have been clear that I do not support IQ labelling-from Gould's "Mismeasure of Man" comment.<br />Hmmm, it would be hubris to think that I could "harm&Gordonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-81077834519700102252009-12-16T19:51:35.429-05:002009-12-16T19:51:35.429-05:00The problem with a lot of evolutionary stories is ...The problem with a lot of evolutionary stories is that they are just-so stories. Phil's comment "Then it is indeed ironic that the same reason to have men to be more frequently colour blind would at the same time have them so gender sensitive" makes that clear. You can understand the incidence of male colorblindness from X and Y chromosomes and not really from evolution. <br /><br Arunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03451666670728177970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-12624998558744105082009-12-16T19:21:47.619-05:002009-12-16T19:21:47.619-05:00Athena the goddess of wisdom, remained goddess onl...Athena the goddess of wisdom, remained goddess only?<br /><br />Helen Fisher may be great, but then so is Milton Friedman. Doesn't mean some or all their ideas are right. (I mentioned M.F. because his ideas took a recent hit from the real world.)Arunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03451666670728177970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-49218952029775018952009-12-16T07:29:39.775-05:002009-12-16T07:29:39.775-05:00Hi Bee,
While just watching the Olympic torch cel...Hi Bee,<br /><br />While just watching the Olympic torch celebrated in being run through my country, to reflect on the rise and fall of the civilization to which it echoes back. That’s to realize that although the Greek’s revered women for there aesthetic beauty, as to even come to worship them as being capable to be deities, they failed to appreciate them for what they offer in terms of Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-57866097392158689572009-12-16T06:26:27.713-05:002009-12-16T06:26:27.713-05:00Hi Bee,
Yes I’ve read some research reports in su...Hi Bee,<br /><br />Yes I’ve read some research reports in such regard. Then it is indeed ironic that the same reason to have men to be more frequently colour blind would at the same time have them so gender sensitive. That would have Shakespeare remark that a rose in any colour would still have its beauty and resultant brilliance lost to many:-)<br /><br />Best,<br /><br />PhilPhil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-8704400607857082592009-12-16T06:18:29.837-05:002009-12-16T06:18:29.837-05:00That's because, as you certainly know, men wer...That's because, as you certainly know, men were evolutionary trained to focus on the target and blend out the rest. They don't "pause and consider," they hunt down the bear and kill it.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-89252640929959717712009-12-16T06:13:47.637-05:002009-12-16T06:13:47.637-05:00Hi Bee,
I most certainly agree, yet I wonder how ...Hi Bee,<br /><br />I most certainly agree, yet I wonder how he explains the great accomplishments of those such as Feynman and Crick, for who to many in terms of what is recognized as measurable intellect would be in the lower end of all of those currently engaged in active research. How then can they fail to at least pause to consider perhaps it might be resultant that such an assessment can’tPhil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-77618298701284975192009-12-16T05:56:53.887-05:002009-12-16T05:56:53.887-05:00Hi Phil,
I was thinking our Anonymous friend and ...Hi Phil,<br /><br />I was thinking our Anonymous friend and Gordon make quite a good case demonstrating why the level of female participation we see in the natural sciences and engineering does not yet represent the actual interest among women. As long as there are men running around who can't figure out what the difference is between an IQ test and real life we will continue to lose Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-73913394621900584932009-12-16T05:47:27.312-05:002009-12-16T05:47:27.312-05:00Hi Steven,
”Bee, do you have some kind of "t...Hi Steven,<br /><br /><i>”Bee, do you have some kind of "troll control" on this your fine website? Democracy is a fine thing, but isn't obvious how "Gordon" is hurting this website with his opinionated yet non-factual and indefensible remarks?”</i><br /><br />I’m not certain what Bee might think .yet for me it’s hard to examine anything without first having a adequate Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-29184171481316661472009-12-16T05:13:25.133-05:002009-12-16T05:13:25.133-05:00Hi Christine,
What you describe although certainl...Hi Christine,<br /><br />What you describe although certainly grim is pretty much as I expected. It’s a strange thing what the general public perception is in regards to what they imagine attaining a PhD brings compared to reality. They simply aren’t aware how hard it is to stay in academia, were even if one is fortunate in time to make tenure that it at best offers only a comfortable living, Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-49647002126678275092009-12-16T02:43:44.960-05:002009-12-16T02:43:44.960-05:00Dreck, eh, Gordon-who-is-too-weak-a-person-to-use-...Dreck, eh, Gordon-who-is-too-weak-a-person-to-use-his-full-name?<br /><br />I suppose one would think so if one was so ill informed as you obviously are to not recognize Helen Fisher as one of the greatest Social Anthropologists of our age and Robert Wright as one of the greatest and best-informed writers of our age.<br /><br />Bee, do you have some kind of "troll control" on this your Steven Colyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435759210177642257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-13972003071894665242009-12-15T12:53:19.366-05:002009-12-15T12:53:19.366-05:00Those books are total dreck. I may have to reasses...Those books are total dreck. I may have to reassess my views of male abilities.Gordonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-52936227628318834662009-12-15T08:25:09.360-05:002009-12-15T08:25:09.360-05:00Men are from Fermiak, Women are from Bosonia
To m...Men are from Fermiak, Women are from Bosonia<br /><br />To master the human gender differences, I recommend Men are From Mars, Women are from Venus, to the young. For those who find that book Socratic Lite and with to dig deeper in Platonic fashion: The Moral Animal by Robert Wright and especially The Anatomy of Love by Helen Fisher. If you do so, you'll find:<br /><br />Women have no more Steven Colyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435759210177642257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-36221306423507928132009-12-15T08:03:55.747-05:002009-12-15T08:03:55.747-05:00Bee wrote:
Basically the point is you don't l...Bee wrote:<br /><br /><i>Basically the point is you don't lose your job unless you did something actually wrong (or your employer is in trouble, but that's a different issue).</i><br /><br />That's the same "philosophy" here, but since there are few jobs available, Brazilians use a great creativity in order to earn for a living, so there is a lot of "informal" jobsChristinehttp://egregium.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-14550665124055625902009-12-15T07:53:42.487-05:002009-12-15T07:53:42.487-05:00Hi Bee,
You describe the situation and the proble...Hi Bee,<br /><br />You describe the situation and the problem perfectly.<br /><br />One question is then whether this situation -- which is already fragile in general -- affects more strongly women in particular, specially those raising a family.<br /><br />In other words, the "selection effect" is a general issue, but may probably affect women in a particularly sensible manner.<br /><Christinehttp://egregium.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-19495387532724434792009-12-15T07:39:04.995-05:002009-12-15T07:39:04.995-05:00Hi Christine,
Since you bring it up, the typical ...Hi Christine,<br /><br />Since you bring it up, the typical postdoctoral job-hobbing is also very uncommon where I come from. Take Stefan as an example. He started his job at a scientific publisher instead of making a postdoc. After two years, his contract became permanent. That's the norm, not an exception (though of course things are changing also in Germany). Most of my friends who left Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-18625996780106234742009-12-15T07:24:36.196-05:002009-12-15T07:24:36.196-05:00Hi Phil,
I forgot to mention that there is an imp...Hi Phil,<br /><br />I forgot to mention that there is an important and obvious factor involved. What I write here is from the point of view of living in Brazil. Imagine parents at around 30 years old - there is the issue of having to work for a living. Except if they are wealthy of course. So there is a pressure to find a job. Here in Brazil, the pressure is even greater in the sense of finding aChristinehttp://egregium.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-354354221417407262009-12-15T07:22:46.320-05:002009-12-15T07:22:46.320-05:00Hi Steven and Giotis,
I find myself not able to b...Hi Steven and Giotis,<br /><br />I find myself not able to be angered by comments which indicate that those that made the remarks have never realized the total capacities of woman, as all I can manage is pity. This comes not by knowing science or from innately being fair, yet rather from having been married to a lady whose penetrating intelligence was among her greatest assets and thereby Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.com