tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post3577481609213632192..comments2023-09-27T07:44:19.769-04:00Comments on Sabine Hossenfelder: Backreaction: The Matter of EverythingSabine Hossenfelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-77385445516115922622008-06-14T17:15:00.000-04:002008-06-14T17:15:00.000-04:00Hi Dany,"Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your...Hi Dany,<BR/><BR/>"Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Enrico, not to praise him"<BR/><BR/>So I guess I can mark you down as one who doesn’t rate this documentary very highly although I suspect other then the trailers you haven’t seen much else. In being a scientist I don’t have to remind you that one should only draw your conclusions based on the most complete Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-70030872826665318772008-06-14T12:26:00.000-04:002008-06-14T12:26:00.000-04:00Hi Phil,See Bee new post “Information Overload”. I...Hi Phil,<BR/><BR/>See Bee new post “Information Overload”. I have nothing to add.<BR/><BR/>What I am not able to understand is why in free democratic society the above YouTube girl agrees to play stupid Barbie and why some group of people at Fermilab considers that they will gain something treating their audience as hopeless degenerates.<BR/><BR/>Regards, Dany.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-51409786758488166392008-06-14T08:45:00.000-04:002008-06-14T08:45:00.000-04:00Hi Dany,Well what kind of explanation would you ex...Hi Dany,<BR/><BR/>Well what kind of explanation would you expect after a jug of beer? :-) Quantum mechanics in a pub, I would advise the attention span of the general public is short enough without introducing anything else to further handicap it. In contrast Feynman was well known for not teaching physics when in a bar yet rather trying to convince the cocktail waitresses he was a mobster. NonePhil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-29496691555386089392008-06-14T08:31:00.000-04:002008-06-14T08:31:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-46742952104887040292008-06-14T06:59:00.000-04:002008-06-14T06:59:00.000-04:00Alas, poor Enrico! “Quite chap-fall’n? Now get you...Alas, poor Enrico! “Quite chap-fall’n? Now get you to my lady’s chamber, and tell her, let her paint an inch thick, to this favour she must come.”<BR/> <BR/>BTW recently it was passion discussion at CV (“Charming”) about how disgusting R.P.Feynman was even at last days of his life:<BR/>“The charming side of Richard helped people forgive him for his uncharming characteristics. For example, in manyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-51767292120129836552008-06-14T00:08:00.000-04:002008-06-14T00:08:00.000-04:00Hi Bee,Just as a little fanciful follow up; in Car...Hi Bee,<BR/><BR/>Just as a little fanciful follow up; in Carl Sagan’s Cosmos he imagined an Encyclopaedia Galactica where all planets with sentient beings would be categorized with ours listed as follows:<BR/><BR/>“Civilization Type:1.0J.<BR/>Society Code: 4G4, "Humanity". <BR/>Star: G2V, r=9.844 kpc, 8=00o05'24". <BR/>Planet: third, a= 1.5 X 1013 cm. M=6X10^27g,R=6.4 X 10^3 cm, p=8.8 X 10^4 s, Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-1660567495580840712008-06-13T20:51:00.000-04:002008-06-13T20:51:00.000-04:00Hi Bee,“Funny your are mentioning this quote, it a...Hi Bee,<BR/><BR/>“Funny your are mentioning this quote, it also caught my eye.”<BR/><BR/>That of course is the central reason I return here on a regular basis, since both you and Stefan with this blog not only extend Sagan’s warning yet provide to those who read it a chance to act upon it.<BR/><BR/>“The question is though whether a society does have a survival instinct.”<BR/><BR/>I think like allPhil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-29072205338957224772008-06-13T20:43:00.000-04:002008-06-13T20:43:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-15729151603713053122008-06-13T20:19:00.000-04:002008-06-13T20:19:00.000-04:00Hi Phil,Funny your are mentioning this quote, it a...Hi Phil,<BR/><BR/>Funny your are mentioning this quote, it also caught my eye. The question is though whether a society does have a survival instinct. Best,<BR/><BR/>B.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-14297897993691062272008-06-13T20:02:00.000-04:002008-06-13T20:02:00.000-04:00Hi Bee,A neat little flick and yet the most import...Hi Bee,<BR/><BR/>A neat little flick and yet the most important and prophetic aspect was in the brief flash of a quote that read:<BR/><BR/>“It is suicide for a society that depends on science and technology to know nothing about science and technology.”<BR/><BR/>-Carl Sagan<BR/><BR/><BR/>What is interesting to consider is that this was meant by Sagan as a warning and yet may serve only to be our Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-24277231992125598682008-06-13T17:20:00.000-04:002008-06-13T17:20:00.000-04:00I watched Cosmos (by Carl Sagan) as a kid and was ...I watched Cosmos (by Carl Sagan) as a kid and was very much impressed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-65243774842685807552008-06-13T14:09:00.000-04:002008-06-13T14:09:00.000-04:00I can't honestly remember ever seeing a really goo...I can't honestly remember ever seeing a really good TV show or movie about physics. Even ones I thought looked promising have turned out to be disappointing. I suspect they're aimed at people who would never read even a popular science book.<BR/><BR/>Jim Al Khalili did <I>Atom</I> for the BBC (the entire first episode is in six pieces <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e_9NQc0IGc" REL="Andrew Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03852211910001840777noreply@blogger.com