tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post4184522922784955535..comments2023-09-27T07:44:19.769-04:00Comments on Sabine Hossenfelder: Backreaction: Technology in Higher Education?Sabine Hossenfelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-34447107111019391262010-08-13T12:37:47.318-04:002010-08-13T12:37:47.318-04:00I have bought laptop computers. Two of them, for e...I have bought laptop computers. Two of them, for each of my high school grads, now college students. That's their standard H.S. graduation present. That's two down, two to go. The 5th one will probably be for myself, unless the 1 of 2 daughters loses/breaks hers. Her track record with iPods is lousy, of which I've bought 7 (3 for her alone).<br /><br />I have a cell phone, very Steven Colyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435759210177642257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-87127048860000627172010-08-13T12:33:01.305-04:002010-08-13T12:33:01.305-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Steven Colyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435759210177642257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-80736849874167378322010-08-13T07:25:23.795-04:002010-08-13T07:25:23.795-04:00Hi Steven,
You said: ” way. I have to share my c...Hi Steven,<br /><br />You said: <i>” way. I have to share my computer with 4-5 other people, so I only get 3 hours per day on it.” </i><br /><br />How does an early adapter such as you not have his very own laptop? Perhaps this also says something about those professors. That is being a golf enthusiast myself I know a decent set of clubs often runs you more than that of a laptop these days and Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-82286895296857164122010-08-13T07:23:28.091-04:002010-08-13T07:23:28.091-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-9970447661011302482010-08-12T21:20:00.305-04:002010-08-12T21:20:00.305-04:00Hi Bee,
Well I read the article you highlighted, ...Hi Bee,<br /><br />Well I read the article you highlighted, yet it didn’t enlighten me much past now knowing a lot of professors being disinterested as to remain unaware of the increased communication capability of the now not so new technologies. Then again, at least for the undergraduate level how many have ever being interested in working to have things better communicated. You know how it Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-18126058058410135432010-08-12T14:16:51.361-04:002010-08-12T14:16:51.361-04:00Which faculty is techologically illiterate? One c...<i>Which</i> faculty is techologically illiterate? One can imagine broad swaths of university whose mission statements are in utter opposition to transistors and the Intertubes. Tolkein despised technology. Nobody visits the loo in Middle Earth (an unpleasant thought for barefoot hobbits - no plastic bags, either).<br /><br />Imagine being in Fine Arts. Cord progression elegantly maps onto aUncle Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05056804084187606211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-23581379274177757872010-08-12T12:24:14.449-04:002010-08-12T12:24:14.449-04:00Some things in life, like computers and golf, are ...<i>Some things in life, like computers and golf, are too much fun.</i><br /><br />For me, computers are just useful. Sure, *very* useful. <br /><br />Best,<br />Christine<br /><br />PS- Golf? Well, I find it toooo boring. I'd rather run, bike or swim. Anyway "fun" is a question of opinion, of course...Christine Cordula Dantashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05271747374185459530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-76382352832072258222010-08-12T11:51:13.675-04:002010-08-12T11:51:13.675-04:00Too much computer.
Yup, but I'm blessed that ...<i>Too much computer.</i><br /><br />Yup, but I'm blessed that way. I have to share my computer with 4-5 other people, so I only get 3 hours per day on it. Otherwise, I'd be fuul-blown carpal-tunnely addicted, for sure. <br /><br />Some things in life, like computers and golf, are too much fun.<br /><br />This is why Perimeter installed a weight room.Steven Colyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435759210177642257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-46070869237805402702010-08-12T11:49:27.234-04:002010-08-12T11:49:27.234-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Steven Colyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435759210177642257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-18275741505923111232010-08-12T10:53:49.605-04:002010-08-12T10:53:49.605-04:00The shocking result: 84 % of faculty members say t...<i>The shocking result: 84 % of faculty members say they don't use blogs and 3% don't even know what it is.</i><br /><br />Well, I'm not shocked. As Michael Nielsen mentioned, this is field-dependent, I agree. <br /><br />For the past 10 years or so, from observing colleagues (most of them researchers), they do not seem to navigate too much, except for getting papers, some specific Christine Cordula Dantashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05271747374185459530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-29110363378002702962010-08-12T10:52:57.145-04:002010-08-12T10:52:57.145-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Christine Cordula Dantashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05271747374185459530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-9507840176272793852010-08-12T10:19:58.478-04:002010-08-12T10:19:58.478-04:00Your hurting back is indicative of leaning over a ...Your hurting back is indicative of leaning over a keyboard for most of the day, I reckon. The solution is simple: a 45-minute full body Swedish massage administered once a day, by Stefan of course. Shari Bellafonte has a great instructional video re same, and no she's not Swedish.<br /><br />I did laugh at that vid for Wall Street 2, Bee, even though I think Oliver Stone unintentionally Steven Colyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435759210177642257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-83774141983066091552010-08-12T10:18:10.774-04:002010-08-12T10:18:10.774-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Steven Colyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435759210177642257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-22328141888448841892010-08-12T09:25:26.650-04:002010-08-12T09:25:26.650-04:00My hurting back was just nicely reminding me of my...My hurting back was just nicely reminding me of my mortality. I've seen people all ages losing their jobs, from their mid 20s to their 60s, and it's never nice. Wonder what people would say if you borrow their phone and then make a 1h call overseas, amounting to $100 on their bill, haha. I wasn't aware mobile phones still count as new technology. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-35285583578723317112010-08-12T09:12:24.404-04:002010-08-12T09:12:24.404-04:00Ah Bee, you are only 1/4th through your working li...Ah Bee, you are only 1/4th through your working life. As one who is half (maybe a little more), I am more in tune with those far older than you, which include:<br /><br />- A Yale Scientist Emeritus, who doesn't own a cell phone, and doesn't want to. Born in 1927, he's somehow managed to survive without modern "tech." His attitude is: "In those rare occurrences when I Steven Colyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435759210177642257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-79069436480600812072010-08-12T08:58:59.396-04:002010-08-12T08:58:59.396-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Steven Colyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435759210177642257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-41039897704080639682010-08-12T08:00:39.233-04:002010-08-12T08:00:39.233-04:00I think the question here is not so much whether i...I think the question here is not so much whether it's useful for teaching but more whether the teachers have any clue what use modern technology has for the science they're teaching. I mean blogs and wikis are the prime example of what you can do with really a minimum of effort to improve collaboration and communication.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-18893552784795675432010-08-12T07:55:15.463-04:002010-08-12T07:55:15.463-04:00Maybe these tools simply are not useful for teachi...Maybe these tools simply are not useful for teaching?<br /><br />The presumption seems to be that because its new, its better and the only reason not to use it is ignorance or technophobia or nostalgia and the like.Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07530630846648786816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-9443606618852591242010-08-12T07:49:39.899-04:002010-08-12T07:49:39.899-04:00Hi Michael,
Possibly. I am really surprised the f...Hi Michael,<br /><br />Possibly. I am really surprised the fraction would be so large. I mean, nowadays every newspaper, and every magazine, and every second community website has a blog. Wondering if people just don't notice they're reading blogs? ;-) Best,<br /><br />B.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-2139530975227106662010-08-12T07:42:40.161-04:002010-08-12T07:42:40.161-04:00I'm sure this is very field-dependent.
I gave...I'm sure this is very field-dependent.<br /><br />I gave an after-dinner talk to 200+ academics at a quantum information conference a couple of years ago. I asked how many knew what a blog was, and, so far as I could see, pretty much every hand in the room went up. I asked how many read blogs at least occasionally, and nearly every hand went up --- probably 80% or so. Most people in the Michael Nielsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02548430689836186984noreply@blogger.com