tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post3742713688539151059..comments2023-09-27T07:44:19.769-04:00Comments on Sabine Hossenfelder: Backreaction: Advent calender #9: Prof. Jolly's adviceSabine Hossenfelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-44166225741353977752011-12-09T16:46:27.434-05:002011-12-09T16:46:27.434-05:00"...theoretical physics was approaching the s..."...theoretical physics was approaching the same degree of perfection reached by geometry already centuries ago."<br /><br />He was just as wrong about geometry!Rhyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15520219929014063200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-89448998765431400152011-12-09T11:21:41.666-05:002011-12-09T11:21:41.666-05:00Although I don't usually remember the details ...Although I don't usually remember the details (like who said this to Planck), I often wonder about how the adviser would react were he to somehow travel to our time (on a neutrino mobile, perhaps?) and learn what happened during just the first twenty years of the 20th century.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-58914240168656008162011-12-09T10:49:32.121-05:002011-12-09T10:49:32.121-05:00Imagination is intelligence having fun. Managers ...Imagination is intelligence having fun. Managers cannot manage discovery, they can only manage to end it. Fix the problem, mourn the dead, and get on with the job.Uncle Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05056804084187606211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-5566054808157746152011-12-09T06:04:02.334-05:002011-12-09T06:04:02.334-05:00Hi Bee & Stefan,
This is my favourite anecdot...Hi Bee & Stefan,<br /><br />This is my favourite anecdote thus far as it connects those like Einstein to Max Planck as ones becoming physicists in finding that things are not as complete so as able to rest on its laurels. That is despite each having some differences of opinion regarding the nature of reality (particularly in regards to the reasons behind its apparent invariance), they each Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.com