tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post3850930300187707878..comments2023-09-27T07:44:19.769-04:00Comments on Sabine Hossenfelder: Backreaction: 10 Years BackRe(action)Sabine Hossenfelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-29729815458602926822016-02-28T20:33:43.737-05:002016-02-28T20:33:43.737-05:00Dear Bee, it is now many years that I follow with ...Dear Bee, it is now many years that I follow with interest your blog. I admit that what dragged me to it are 4 things:<br />- I'm a physicist<br />- I'm interested in your physics<br />- I lived in Germany for long time and loved it (the language as well: I still speak it)<br />- ....I'm a father of TWINS (same age as yours, but identical boys)! And the pictures about your pregnancy Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01283649136062711163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-60211472475212291402016-02-26T16:56:59.384-05:002016-02-26T16:56:59.384-05:00I only recently found your blog (via Starts with a...I only recently found your blog (via Starts with a Bang), but even with a very short exposure, this blog has become one of my 'must reads'. jdhueyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14548783175350394626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-90958632969218428492016-02-25T17:01:40.822-05:002016-02-25T17:01:40.822-05:00Congratulations! Keep at it, I enjoy your writing...Congratulations! Keep at it, I enjoy your writing.Tod Michael Neidthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07696417804084037197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-78033211838312635782016-02-25T10:44:46.072-05:002016-02-25T10:44:46.072-05:00http://www.technologyreview.com/s/600773/power-fro...http://www.technologyreview.com/s/600773/power-from-the-air/<br /> BackRe(action) "getting a device without a conventional power source to communicate" "8^>)Uncle Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05056804084187606211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-54140294150071186872016-02-25T05:58:41.765-05:002016-02-25T05:58:41.765-05:00Dear Sabine,
Yes, I know what backreaction means,...Dear Sabine,<br /><br />Yes, I know what backreaction means, I was just joking. My blog is about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-32397972352793282232016-02-25T05:56:34.733-05:002016-02-25T05:56:34.733-05:00Congratulations, Bee. I'm mostly a lurker-read...Congratulations, Bee. I'm mostly a lurker-reader and occasional commentator who has enjoyed reading your posts almost since the early days when I was an undergraduate (now unwillingly participating in the corporate rat-race).<br /><br />I haven't been keeping up with blogs in general for the last many months, so it comes as a pleasant surprise to know that you are writing a book. What is Navneethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08605371412809015201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-16387800559144654262016-02-25T03:41:45.663-05:002016-02-25T03:41:45.663-05:00Vladimir,
"Backreaction" is the ability...Vladimir,<br /><br />"Backreaction" is the ability of a system to feed back onto itself, altering the system itself. If backreaction is strong, computations become very difficult. It's a notorious problem in General Relativity. If you put light particles in a background field, you can calculate what they do relatively easily. But once they get heavy, they start changing the Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-87511802048498233212016-02-24T22:39:03.422-05:002016-02-24T22:39:03.422-05:00Bee - congrats and may there be 10 more! I did a ...Bee - congrats and may there be 10 more! I did a blog for about 6 years and the last two were difficult trying to keep content coming while not giving in to the mundane or copycat. I just wish people could understand not only the time it takes to write in depth but that it becomes draining too. That you have managed to maintain such high quality posts over so long a time span really marks yourAnonymous Snowboarderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13705929076819672791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-38471488378584656142016-02-24T13:34:08.080-05:002016-02-24T13:34:08.080-05:00I still do not get it. I mean, the blog title: Bac...I still do not get it. I mean, the blog title: BackRe(Action). Did you mean Bad Reaction, Black Reaction, Interaction of non interacting particles, Interaction of interacting particles or just a coffee Break?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-2242016146349874932016-02-24T13:18:44.962-05:002016-02-24T13:18:44.962-05:00Sabine, congrats on complete a decade and looking ...Sabine, congrats on complete a decade and looking forward to the next one.<br />I think very few blogs which started at the same time as you have survived/active<br />shantanuShantanuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16322812456382858228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-79938727760196480982016-02-24T11:33:40.498-05:002016-02-24T11:33:40.498-05:00Your consistently well written blog posts are alwa...Your consistently well written blog posts are always informative and enjoyable reads. I’m not sure how you find the time but I’m glad that you do. Will look forward to more details about your upcoming book.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02733068714425333940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-18472813180008309412016-02-24T11:06:56.753-05:002016-02-24T11:06:56.753-05:00Bee, you are fascinating for incrementally surmoun...Bee, you are fascinating for incrementally surmounting struggles of being and becoming. Luboš is interesting for being trapped within them. California advocates replacing (unfair) personal endeavor with (universal) Federal supply. The USSR sourced Federal supply with gulags. Research as business model contains no discovery. It's easier that way.<br /><br /><i>Viam sapientia mundi, per quamUncle Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05056804084187606211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-63139906394515401862016-02-24T06:23:26.366-05:002016-02-24T06:23:26.366-05:00Your blog is a great intersection for different re...Your blog is a great intersection for different realms to meet and exchange angles of approach, congratiulations Sabine. Nihil iacta est ! Koenraad Van Spaendonckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090279727324831109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-53237834013599854112016-02-24T05:46:31.543-05:002016-02-24T05:46:31.543-05:00Dear Sabine,
congratulations!
I always read your b...Dear Sabine,<br />congratulations!<br />I always read your blog and I find it very interesting and written in a wonderful way.<br />The humor is never lacking and the arguments are beautiful.<br />I'll be for sure between your first customers for the new book.<br />I was really hoping to read, one day, a book written from you, and so now I'm quite happy about this good news.<br />Have a nemohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07365330980872106443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-36801704053657160182016-02-24T04:32:29.873-05:002016-02-24T04:32:29.873-05:00Happy birthday! :)Happy birthday! :)P aomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00422446896906629849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-76467499208347707112016-02-24T03:40:32.598-05:002016-02-24T03:40:32.598-05:00Bee, what you have done is nothing short of amazin...Bee, what you have done is nothing short of amazing; combining scientific rigour with accessibilty and even (shock) humour (is that even legal on a science blog?) The world is an more informed and happier place because of Backreaction (I even know what that means now..) I don't quite know how you have managed to juggle your blogging with all your other responsibilities, but whatever Waterbergshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17079354080799783939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-43027976687910070242016-02-24T03:40:05.779-05:002016-02-24T03:40:05.779-05:00"I meant to write about postdoc-life in Calif...<i>"I meant to write about postdoc-life in California, but ended up instead writing mostly about my research interests. Because, well, that's what I'm interested in. Sorry, California."</i><br /><br /><br />It's easy to ignore Californian culture because there isn't any. Do you detect any <br />Jan And Dean influence in my songs?<br /><br />Phillip Helbighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12067585245603436809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-8793758293131098622016-02-24T03:09:11.094-05:002016-02-24T03:09:11.094-05:00Congratulations for the 10 years of blog writing! ...Congratulations for the 10 years of blog writing! I really enjoyed reading several of your posts. The first one I read was "Why the quark gluon plasma is a banana?", which I liked very much to the point of becoming a relatively regular reader. Glad to know you are writing a book. Looking forward to seeing it! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546759444808419574noreply@blogger.com