tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post3365819753231070351..comments2023-09-27T07:44:19.769-04:00Comments on Sabine Hossenfelder: Backreaction: More recent distractionsSabine Hossenfelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-27095149998773370822010-08-24T14:04:42.921-04:002010-08-24T14:04:42.921-04:00"Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure"..."Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" is also a time-travel story which stays truthful to its own logic. No, I'm not kidding!M*P*Lockwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11740436901803793444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-27160370601182874472010-08-18T03:13:23.951-04:002010-08-18T03:13:23.951-04:00Yeah, right, I read chick books :-) I also paint m...Yeah, right, I read chick books :-) I also paint my toenails. The prime reason I read these books is that everything else seems to be either murder stories or historical stuff, and I can't bring up much interest for either. Been reading plenty of science fiction at some point, later fantasy, but this becomes very repetitive. (There's only so many really interesting ideas out there, and Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-92011550645981209372010-08-17T15:46:26.166-04:002010-08-17T15:46:26.166-04:00Yes, I should have said "chick books"--t...Yes, I should have said "chick books"--the sort of books you would have to pay a male to read :)GWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16309914321843947595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-87879152733903743752010-08-17T07:13:29.404-04:002010-08-17T07:13:29.404-04:00Hi Steven,
Sorry as Bee I had responded from my ...Hi Steven,<br /><br /><br />Sorry as Bee I had responded from my email feed of the post and didn’t notice when it had been taken down. If they had taken it down before or after my posting I’m not aware. None the less I had previously quoted just about all that was said except them ending in “The TV series was great”. I agree that everyone has the right to retract what they post, yet if was the Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-65422238217346410412010-08-17T07:11:29.990-04:002010-08-17T07:11:29.990-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-47457410416183134252010-08-16T15:18:44.839-04:002010-08-16T15:18:44.839-04:00Hi Plato, you wrote;
Just thinking out loud.
I m...Hi Plato, you wrote;<br /><br /><i>Just thinking out loud.<br /><br />I mean really, what is consciousness, or the soul, which can inhibit a body?<br /><br />If the body dies, the soul dies?<br /><br />Can a soul live in another's body that the original vacates?? Can a soul live on?</i><br /><br />I think all discussion of "soul" is off the table, as is all discussion of "Steven Colyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435759210177642257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-79664435672572879822010-08-16T12:14:37.835-04:002010-08-16T12:14:37.835-04:00Huh? Oops, didn't even notice he deleted it. Y...Huh? Oops, didn't even notice he deleted it. You see, I get a notification for a comment submission, but not for a deletion.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-90548186647740685052010-08-16T12:08:34.158-04:002010-08-16T12:08:34.158-04:00Hi Bee and Phil,
WHY are you talking so much abou...Hi Bee and Phil,<br /><br />WHY are you talking so much about a guy <i>who deleted his comment</i>?!<br /><br />He had every right to do so, but since no comment truly dies thanks to e-mail, and Bee has his original comment thereby, would it be asking too much to share it such that we all know what you and Phil are talking about, Bee?Steven Colyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435759210177642257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-43209249033048202582010-08-16T07:15:36.728-04:002010-08-16T07:15:36.728-04:00Hi Bee,
Yes as I pointed out to GW I Claudius has...Hi Bee,<br /><br />Yes as I pointed out to GW I Claudius has stronger feminist overtones then anything you reviewed. I wonder if he also considers “chick flicks” as being feminist films. Now there’s an interesting question, do some men fear the thought of them recognizing femininity as a distinct aspect of culture more than female empowerment?<br /><br />Best,<br /><br />PhilPhil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-79006288982157102232010-08-16T03:21:08.410-04:002010-08-16T03:21:08.410-04:00GW: Nothing "feminist" about these books...GW: Nothing "feminist" about these books. I think you have a confusion of vocabulary there. Best,<br /><br />B.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-62485616676603528042010-08-15T12:39:06.836-04:002010-08-15T12:39:06.836-04:00Hi GW,
You wrote: ” Man, you read crappy feminist...Hi GW,<br /><br />You wrote: <i>” Man, you read crappy feminist books for summer reading. I am reading I, Claudius, which is fascinating.”</i><br /><br />I would agree that I Claudius is a fascinating bit of fiction, although i would point out it greatly depends on the development of strong and intelligent female characters such as Livia, Drusilla along with others who are clearly presented by Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-76161356408105968842010-08-15T11:16:11.716-04:002010-08-15T11:16:11.716-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.GWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16309914321843947595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-70855258968933672672010-08-15T09:12:35.492-04:002010-08-15T09:12:35.492-04:00Hi Bee,
”In any case, I wouldn't mind waking...Hi Bee,<br /><br /><br /><i>”In any case, I wouldn't mind waking up with somebody elses knowledge, but I really don't want somebody elses memories.”</i><br /><br />I wonder if one can really have one without the other? Besides, I would think a lot of what a person is, as to who they become, has much to do with how they think as to have it interest them. For me I would find such Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-49328094085647166862010-08-15T07:10:16.920-04:002010-08-15T07:10:16.920-04:00Hi Phil,
Yes, I too thought the idea has potentia...Hi Phil,<br /><br />Yes, I too thought the idea has potential, but then the realization was disappointing. To begin with, if you want to transfer memory, a blood transfusion is not a very plausible medium. Blood transfusions are very common and even leaving aside that it doesn't make a lot of sense you can transfer memories in single cells, hundreds of millions of people would have noticed. Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-89336967873385709262010-08-14T23:50:19.881-04:002010-08-14T23:50:19.881-04:00Just thinking out loud.
I mean really, what is co...Just thinking out loud.<br /><br />I mean really, what is consciousness, or the soul, which can inhibit a body?<br /><br /> If the body dies, the soul dies?<br /><br /> Can a soul live in another's body that the original vacates?? Can a soul live on?<br /><br />Best,PlatoHagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00849253658526056393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-33399414687290677692010-08-14T23:33:02.917-04:002010-08-14T23:33:02.917-04:00Cellular memory? Must be the plot of the book?
Ce...<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellular_memory" title="To date, no case where personality traits or memories have been passed from donor to recipient following an organ transplant has ever been recorded in a peer reviewed medical or scientific journal." rel="nofollow">Cellular memory</a>? Must be the plot of the book?<br /><br /><i>Cellular memory is the hypothesis that such things as PlatoHagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00849253658526056393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-8599637960394172542010-08-14T13:05:22.151-04:002010-08-14T13:05:22.151-04:00Great reviews! I loved the Time Traveler's Wif...Great reviews! I loved the Time Traveler's Wife too, but heard the movie is not nearly as god (though I haven't seen it!).Alyssahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01695509619557410413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-85741161846490143742010-08-14T10:18:51.963-04:002010-08-14T10:18:51.963-04:00Hi Bee,
”Is an incredibly dumb, annoying and for...Hi Bee,<br /><br /><br /><i>”Is an incredibly dumb, annoying and foreseeable story about a women who receives somebody else's memories with a blood transfusion.”</i><br /><br />I’m disappointed to hear that such a potentially interesting plot device is squandered as you describe. That is in line with your previous discussion of collective intelligence it could have been used to make quite an Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-19604866822771738702010-08-14T10:14:29.331-04:002010-08-14T10:14:29.331-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.com