tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post3901774152186670430..comments2023-09-27T07:44:19.769-04:00Comments on Sabine Hossenfelder: Backreaction: InternaSabine Hossenfelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-18711362403941274602010-12-21T07:45:06.527-05:002010-12-21T07:45:06.527-05:00Hi Christine,
Don't know... but it won't ...Hi Christine,<br /><br />Don't know... but it won't be much longer now. Best,<br /><br />B.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-68075454658794642022010-12-20T18:04:19.989-05:002010-12-20T18:04:19.989-05:00Hi Sabine,
When are the babies coming??? Christma...Hi Sabine,<br /><br />When are the babies coming??? Christmas??? :)<br /><br />Best,<br />ChristineChristine Cordula Dantashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05271747374185459530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-63586244869674876452010-12-01T07:27:59.661-05:002010-12-01T07:27:59.661-05:00Best wishes and I hope the season can be happy ove...Best wishes and I hope the season can be happy overall for you both, with a wonderful resolution of your sublime status.Neil Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04564859009749481136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-65505946804784828162010-11-29T05:30:18.323-05:002010-11-29T05:30:18.323-05:00Hi Bee,
Nice to know that you are back home. All ...Hi Bee,<br /><br />Nice to know that you are back home. All you have to do now is to rest as much as you can, something you already was trying to do... Hopefully, no more injections and hospital stress... except of course for procedures eventually needed in delivery. Babies will soon be born!<br /><br />Best,<br />ChristineChristine Cordula Dantashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05271747374185459530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-32735041366163964682010-11-26T09:12:42.390-05:002010-11-26T09:12:42.390-05:00I know, Sabine. Look at it this way : you never we...I know, Sabine. Look at it this way : you never went to university to learn how to be a daughter or a spouse. And in this instance, you don`t have a theory of motherhood. But your babies don`t know what to expect either. Pretty soon you`re going to meet, and you`ll learn to live together. Taking care of each other. One minute at a time. This happens to every mother and every father in the Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13951117383179216558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-51120638132423092262010-11-26T05:24:11.150-05:002010-11-26T05:24:11.150-05:00Hi Denis,
Thanks for the kind words. I'm not ...Hi Denis,<br /><br />Thanks for the kind words. I'm not sure though explaining complicated issues with great care will come in particularly handy when dealing with a screaming baby ;-) Sure, we have thought about names, but it's a big secret :-) Best,<br /><br />B.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-77817520850630650462010-11-26T05:18:28.016-05:002010-11-26T05:18:28.016-05:00I have been reading this blog for a couple of year...I have been reading this blog for a couple of years now, and have experienced Sabine as a kind person who explains fairly complicated issues with great care and patience.I am certain she is going to be a fantastic mum.The pains and tribulations of the past and coming weeks will be well worth it - even if that`s not likely to sound plausible right now. <br /><br />Any progress on the naming frontUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13951117383179216558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-53003482736382564672010-11-24T07:37:04.316-05:002010-11-24T07:37:04.316-05:00Hi Steven,
I prefer to look at things in terms of...Hi Steven,<br /><br />I prefer to look at things in terms of potentials. As for instance three friends, one being a pessimist, another an optimist, with the last being an engineer, decide to go to a pub. Upon their arrival each order a of glass beer and when the bartender returns with their order the beer is found to be filled half way to the top of each glass. The pessimist complains “this Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-61585563951941124272010-11-24T07:26:29.264-05:002010-11-24T07:26:29.264-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-39322844651932000322010-11-24T07:21:15.877-05:002010-11-24T07:21:15.877-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-12368725391921098682010-11-24T07:08:27.520-05:002010-11-24T07:08:27.520-05:00Hi Phil,
Thanks for the quote!
Hi Steven,
Well,...Hi Phil,<br /><br />Thanks for the quote!<br /><br />Hi Steven,<br /><br />Well, I am not sure the word "sorrow" reflects exactly my feelings too, although we certainly must agree with Phil on his point, right? :)<br /><br />Yes, maybe there are some eventual feelings of... envy?? Of that time when *we* were our *own* priorities...?? But, as you say... children actually free ourselves Christine Cordula Dantashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05271747374185459530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-71566574006305854222010-11-24T06:45:06.174-05:002010-11-24T06:45:06.174-05:00Hi, Phil, you wrote
rather than finding my childre...Hi, Phil, you wrote<br /><i>rather than finding my children adding to the burden of life they actually serve as being both an expansion and continuance of it; so much in fact I only find sorrow for those that never had children, whether it be resultant of choice or circumstance.</i><br /><br />Sorrow?! My one brother never married or had kids, and all he has is $150,000 in the bank and a $200,000Steven Colyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435759210177642257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-75381939290531871582010-11-24T06:06:41.225-05:002010-11-24T06:06:41.225-05:00Hi Christine,
In as long since having discovered ...Hi Christine,<br /><br />In as long since having discovered you being a mother and a good one at that, this was the one time I was almost as certain we would agree as Descartes was as certain of his first and only unshakeable premise. Of course that’s as being they each are deductively connected, as ‘I think, therefore I am, and thus wish being not just be able to have my thoughts to grow, yet Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-31765353813940745502010-11-24T05:17:22.887-05:002010-11-24T05:17:22.887-05:00Phil is correct of course! That's the way I se...Phil is correct of course! That's the way I see it too, despite my previous comment (meant more as a joke, although having some truth to it as well...). <br /><br /><i>That’s rather than finding my children adding to the burden of life they actually serve as being both an expansion and continuance of it; so much in fact I only find sorrow for those that never had children, whether it be Christine Cordula Dantashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05271747374185459530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-45397885643646311272010-11-24T04:59:17.444-05:002010-11-24T04:59:17.444-05:00Hi Bee,
Not so much as to disagree with Christine...Hi Bee,<br /><br />Not so much as to disagree with Christine or Steven about parenthood changing your life, as surely it will, yet only to remind that it further aids to have realized ones depth of potential, rather than something determining its limits. That is I find it unfortunate many think only as life coming down to not being able to have ones cake and eating it, yet that’s only if one Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-90707338468767418392010-11-24T03:29:11.273-05:002010-11-24T03:29:11.273-05:00Dear Arun,
Thanks for the link. I had seen that, ...Dear Arun,<br /><br />Thanks for the link. I had seen that, but didn't find it particularly witty. Best,<br /><br />B.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-40671661729710615792010-11-23T18:08:13.116-05:002010-11-23T18:08:13.116-05:00... followed only by "father", who ends ...... followed only by "father", who ends up even lower in the list! :)<br /><br />I can experimentally verify in empirical fashion that unfortunately Christine is quite correct. My wife always says she feels fortunate to be married to a man who understands this.<br /><br />I said I understand it. I didn't say I like it. ;-)<br /><br />I send good vibrations as well across the grand Steven Colyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435759210177642257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-8376195314765197992010-11-23T18:06:18.585-05:002010-11-23T18:06:18.585-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Steven Colyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435759210177642257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-5956398299079245012010-11-23T17:45:23.019-05:002010-11-23T17:45:23.019-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Steven Colyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435759210177642257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-24944693886979476632010-11-23T16:06:20.570-05:002010-11-23T16:06:20.570-05:00Hi Bee,
You twitted:
(...) What's become of ...Hi Bee,<br /><br />You twitted:<br /><br /><i>(...) What's become of me? (...)</i><br /><br />It's simple, so get used to it! When you become a mother, the list of priorities in order of importance become:<br /><br />#1 baby<br />#2 baby<br />#3 baby<br />#4 baby<br />#5 baby<br />...<br />#?? mother<br /><br />followed only by "father", who ends up even lower in the list! :)<brChristine Cordula Dantashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05271747374185459530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-9808861644202602152010-11-23T14:46:43.857-05:002010-11-23T14:46:43.857-05:00Two full-year income tax deductions after one mont...Two full-year income tax deductions after one month, two birthdays+Christmas perpetual savings, and they start school a year early. Behold the power of boundary conditions!Uncle Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05056804084187606211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-62144146190912422792010-11-23T05:25:58.904-05:002010-11-23T05:25:58.904-05:00Hi Christine,
They want to make sure I do at leas...Hi Christine,<br /><br />They want to make sure I do at least make it till week 34, which is early December. They also told me they don't want me to carry out longer than 36 weeks. Apparently the risk on my side increases considerably after that while there's pretty much no risk for the babies at that point. So we're talking 2-4 weeks hospital, delivery between early December and Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-59391073775458939512010-11-23T05:21:17.367-05:002010-11-23T05:21:17.367-05:00Hi Bee,
I hope everything gets better soon. And i...Hi Bee,<br /><br />I hope everything gets better soon. And it seems like the time is coming... What are the expectations? A few weeks? <br /><br />Take care,<br />ChristineChristine Cordula Dantashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05271747374185459530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-69933138382526837962010-11-22T18:26:36.413-05:002010-11-22T18:26:36.413-05:00Hi Bee,
I really hope you get better and your pat...Hi Bee,<br /><br />I really hope you get better and your path towards motherhood gets easier from now on. <br /><br />Take care,<br />LurkingTPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05138108914504882303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-43453455061416914042010-11-22T10:52:44.874-05:002010-11-22T10:52:44.874-05:00New applications of old laws of physics.
http://ni...New applications of old laws of physics.<br /><a href="http://niemann.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/25/unpopular-science/?src=me&ref=general" rel="nofollow">http://niemann.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/25/unpopular-science/?src=me&ref=general</a>Arunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03451666670728177970noreply@blogger.com