tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post3407048373966324556..comments2023-09-27T07:44:19.769-04:00Comments on Sabine Hossenfelder: Backreaction: Oh-oo-oh, you think you're specialSabine Hossenfelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comBlogger92125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-59699373624103882572010-05-05T10:04:47.548-04:002010-05-05T10:04:47.548-04:00Unfortunately for Americans, unlike Beaumont and T...<i>Unfortunately for Americans, unlike Beaumont and Tocqueville, Bee can write in English :)</i><br /><br />Do you mean, like, using "like", "ya know", like, uh, Americans, like, spelling "moron" as "moran"?<br /><br />Yes, you're quite correct, old bean. Bee doesn't do that. Stefan neither.<br /><br />Well, like, what<i>ev</i>er, <i>dude</i>. Steven Colyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435759210177642257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-2227679683718858002010-05-04T07:30:27.263-04:002010-05-04T07:30:27.263-04:00I'm reading "The History of White People&...I'm reading "The History of White People" by Nell Irvin Painter. Interesting fact is that Alexis de Tocqueville's paean to America, "Democracy in America" minimizes his discussion of race in America by "sending readers along to the novel of his friend Beaumont...Although as much an aristocrat as Tocqueville, Beaumont deeply disagrees with his friend over the Arunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03451666670728177970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-60010236717859381932010-05-04T01:43:04.956-04:002010-05-04T01:43:04.956-04:00Hi Steven,
Thanks. Really, it is Huntington now? ...Hi Steven,<br /><br />Thanks. Really, it is Huntington now? Last thing I heard it was Rahleigh/Durham. I've been visiting NYC once. It's an interesting place. Best,<br /><br />B.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-62802546405713547982010-05-03T14:38:18.666-04:002010-05-03T14:38:18.666-04:00Bee,
Ah, my first and last experience replying to...Bee,<br /><br />Ah, my first and last experience replying to a blog. How does anyone stand this seemingly willful misunderstanding game? I will take your advice and leave.FDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05643229339134922965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-91700659606502826192010-05-03T14:08:23.630-04:002010-05-03T14:08:23.630-04:00PS: I don't know. The subsample of Americans I...PS: I don't know. The subsample of Americans I know definitely doesn't think so, but then these are all people with a PhD who in addition travel very frequently, thus not exactly a representative sample. The media clearly leaves you with the impression though, and the article I commented on here is an excellent example for this.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-65341687542281754592010-05-03T14:03:08.877-04:002010-05-03T14:03:08.877-04:00Hi FD,
No, of course my experience doesn't sa...Hi FD,<br /><br />No, of course my experience doesn't say much about a large and diverse country. It is simply my experience. Sorry if you'd rather not have heard it, but feel free to leave anytime. Best,<br /><br />B.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-91958277619243201212010-05-03T13:56:19.166-04:002010-05-03T13:56:19.166-04:00Bee,
Although a single counterexample is enough t...Bee,<br /><br />Although a single counterexample is enough to sink a theorem, the experiences of a few people do not say much worth saying about a large and diverse country. You were not, I presume, countering Martinez' silly claims by displaying your experiences as disproof. So if you have "simply stated my experience as a counterexample" you are being, at the least, FDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05643229339134922965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-28769593616606597042010-05-03T13:41:44.814-04:002010-05-03T13:41:44.814-04:00Hi Bee,
I agree the American diet is atrocious. S...Hi Bee,<br /><br />I agree the American diet is atrocious. Sugar, salt, and fat make tons of money for those who produce them, and you know how good we are at Marketing. We are grossly obese. Huntington, West Virginia, is the most obese city on Earth. Jamie "The Naked Chef" Oliver of England has a popular show on our television currently, in which he lives there and it trying to change Steven Colyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435759210177642257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-69371257605305175462010-05-03T13:39:36.917-04:002010-05-03T13:39:36.917-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Steven Colyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435759210177642257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-69684697904835681412010-05-03T12:27:49.443-04:002010-05-03T12:27:49.443-04:00Hi FD,
Thanks for your valuable comment. You too ...Hi FD,<br /><br />Thanks for your valuable comment. You too seem to not be able to understand that I have simply stated my experience as a counterexample to Martinez claim. Evidently, my English must be far worse than I thought. And clearly my blog is in English because the next century will be American, hahaha. Thanks for the entertainment,<br /><br />B.<br /><br />PS: As to the students, pick Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-68513114917472640982010-05-03T11:25:01.789-04:002010-05-03T11:25:01.789-04:00"Let's face it: American food either suck..."Let's face it: American food either sucks or is overpriced. American highways are countrywide in a pity state. Americans seem to have no clue how to do a decent plumbing work or how to achieve a functioning canalization. They will instead always tell you there's something specifically weird with their weather. For example, it might rain. Or the sun might shine. Windows in America FDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05643229339134922965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-10089352867377407102010-05-03T09:40:10.798-04:002010-05-03T09:40:10.798-04:00Hi Phil,
I never said that manned-missions to the...Hi Phil,<br /><br />I never said that manned-missions to the Moon were a waste of time and money. Quite the contrary. At the time, that's what it took for the US to become the world's leader in science and technology. But today, things are far different. The way to get ahead in the world is by leading the world in robotics. China is well aware of this. And because rare earths are the cynthiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01031186235906175633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-43715461762144340952010-05-02T00:08:41.450-04:002010-05-02T00:08:41.450-04:00Hi Phil,
If there is ever a "conclusion draw...Hi Phil,<br /><br />If there is ever a "conclusion drawn" it is by nature the property of the owner and is a determinate of their future. <br /><br />Can't say I haven't tried to be clear as well.<br /><br /><a href="http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2010/04/oh-oo-oh-you-think-youre-special.html#c1077646597134027745" rel="nofollow">Phil</a>:<i>So once again I find America as a PlatoHagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00849253658526056393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-7296083813434058142010-05-01T19:51:52.726-04:002010-05-01T19:51:52.726-04:00Hi Christine,
I’m gladdened that you didn’t have ...Hi Christine,<br /><br />I’m gladdened that you didn’t have me pegged for being a ‘flat earther’ :-) I must also agree with Cynthia that if we are ever to find ourselves to be able to homoform other worlds that the initial phases would need to be carried out by intelligent robotic means. This opinion I found best expressed by Gerard t’Hooft at a <a href="http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-53067655448250390312010-05-01T19:20:59.534-04:002010-05-01T19:20:59.534-04:00I think you take me wrong if you feel I believe th...<i>I think you take me wrong if you feel I believe that the moon missions were a waste of effort</i><br /><br />Hi Phil,<br /><br />No, I didn't feel that way, sorry for any misunderstandings.<br /><br />Hi Cynthia,<br /><br />Well, my pure opinion, for what is worth, is that it makes no sense at all, at the present time and given the state of affairs in several issues (which I do not intend Christine Cordula Dantashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05271747374185459530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-34326590050368350962010-05-01T14:44:58.009-04:002010-05-01T14:44:58.009-04:00Hi Plato,
In as much as I respect as to admire yo...Hi Plato,<br /><br />In as much as I respect as to admire your seeking and kind nature, I find that your answer fails to address my question relating to ignorance and fear. In general I would respond to your concern about property and subsequent issues of ownership, that if such things exist at all they are in themselves restricted by the very nature of time and as being fundamental are not inPhil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-84403672188588278972010-05-01T14:25:38.204-04:002010-05-01T14:25:38.204-04:00Hi Phil,
I raise the issue of "property"...Hi Phil,<br /><br />I raise the issue of "property" as a thought about the global community and our move to space colonization.<br /><br />Taken from <br /><br /><a href="http://eskesthai.blogspot.com/2009/10/universality-can-lead-too-isostatic.html" title="<br />Universality Can Lead too, Isostatic Adjustment " rel="nofollow">Plato</a>:<i>Russia and United States must stop sovereignty PlatoHagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00849253658526056393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-20306425515210742332010-05-01T14:17:18.468-04:002010-05-01T14:17:18.468-04:00Hi Plato,
You more than any should understand as ...Hi Plato,<br /><br />You more than any should understand as your namesake was first to have made clear, that for most it is what they perceive to be real, as what stands as being reality as to be important as to be true. So I would agree that since Apollo much has been accomplished, yet for most it goes unrecognized as they have and for perhaps always will remain as <a href="http://Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-21728292476959492062010-05-01T14:07:05.857-04:002010-05-01T14:07:05.857-04:00oops! My company link should link as Saturday, Jun...oops! My company link should link as <a href="http://eskesthai.blogspot.com/2009/06/hubble-reveals-potential-titanium-oxide.html" rel="nofollow">Saturday, June 06, 2009-Hubble Reveals Potential Titanium Oxide Deposits at Aristarchus and Schroter's Valley Rille</a>PlatoHagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00849253658526056393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-40659694667571943982010-05-01T13:58:59.583-04:002010-05-01T13:58:59.583-04:00I think given the understanding that not all the i...I think given the understanding that not all the information is available to all, some the perceptions will be based on insufficient data?<br /><br />Now, just for the hell of it look at the links for examination and understand that the science has been going on while there has been this perception at a lull, has in fact been working with a science and space program.<br /><br /><br /><a href="PlatoHagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00849253658526056393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-10776465971340277452010-05-01T13:40:28.720-04:002010-05-01T13:40:28.720-04:00Hi Christine, Cynthia & Steven,
I think you t...Hi Christine, Cynthia & Steven,<br /><br />I think you take me wrong if you feel I believe that the moon missions were a waste of effort and or resource as I actually feel that the space program culminating with the Apollo missions were the high water mark for all humanity, especially as it concerns American science and technology. Yet I agree with Bee that was the past and it seems like Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-27174681576144343002010-05-01T13:27:32.587-04:002010-05-01T13:27:32.587-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-90264969556280033332010-05-01T13:14:49.566-04:002010-05-01T13:14:49.566-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-9137373846103134772010-05-01T11:36:46.009-04:002010-05-01T11:36:46.009-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.GWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16309914321843947595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-47807633198889268172010-04-30T22:31:07.188-04:002010-04-30T22:31:07.188-04:00Phil and Christine,
Both of your comments about s...Phil and Christine,<br /><br />Both of your comments about sending men to the Moon reminds me of Obama's recent remark about sending men to Mars. I don't know about you, but I think that Obama is being more than a little contradictory in preferring to send astronauts over robots to Mars when he prefers using robots over pilots to drop bombs on Muslim populations from Baghdad to Islamabad.cynthiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01031186235906175633noreply@blogger.com