tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post4441317108166474707..comments2023-09-27T07:44:19.769-04:00Comments on Sabine Hossenfelder: Backreaction: A LimerickSabine Hossenfelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-59583830331461101362007-12-01T13:08:00.000-05:002007-12-01T13:08:00.000-05:00Hi Chimpanzee, Hi Kea:Thanks for your kind offer. ...Hi Chimpanzee, Hi Kea:<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your kind offer. But I am not around in the blogosphere enough to actually make a good team member. I am trying to find a balance between reading other blogs and writing myself, but you will have noticed that I am only rarely engaged in discussions on other blogs. It's like I either have time to write mine, or to contribute on other's, but not both. <BR/Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-34019899007903287662007-12-01T13:01:00.000-05:002007-12-01T13:01:00.000-05:00Damnit... I know that I tagged that correctly!Damnit... I know that I tagged that correctly!islandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774086177497447408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-74613057407400658892007-12-01T13:00:00.000-05:002007-12-01T13:00:00.000-05:00Wow, you almost convinced me you are the new Einst...<I>Wow, you almost convinced me you are the new Einstein!</I><BR/><BR/>Too bad that my <A HREF="http://dorigo.wordpress.com/2007/10/18" REL="nofollow"/> doesn't have the same effect... lol<BR/><BR/>I hope that your new blog has email notification cause I'm lovin it.islandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774086177497447408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-33553495426255067562007-12-01T12:47:00.000-05:002007-12-01T12:47:00.000-05:00Hi Island:Wow, you almost convinced me you are the...Hi Island:<BR/><BR/>Wow, you almost convinced me you are the new Einstein!<BR/><BR/><I>"Umsonst ist’s nicht, dass die Natur <BR/>Uns schenkte eine Zung’ nicht nur<BR/>Sondern dazu die Fähigkeit<BR/>Sie rauszustrecken ziemlich weit!"</I><BR/>~ <A HREF="http://www.textatelier.com/index.php?id=3&link=445" REL="nofollow">A. Einstein</A><BR/><BR/>;-p<BR/><BR/>(Einstein's comment on the tongue photo, Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-32168087272576443152007-12-01T12:26:00.000-05:002007-12-01T12:26:00.000-05:00I always manage to be elsewhere when Bee talks abo...I always manage to be elsewhere <BR/><BR/>when Bee talks about the stuff<BR/> <BR/>that interests me, but I think of this blog and Dorigo's when I <BR/><BR/>think of blogs that have a positive impact.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Does that rhyme?islandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774086177497447408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-57047531811806611222007-12-01T05:42:00.000-05:002007-12-01T05:42:00.000-05:00The ancestor of all Theoretical Physics limericks ...The ancestor of all Theoretical Physics limericks is, of course:<BR/><BR/>There was a young lady called Bright<BR/>Who could travel much faster than light.<BR/>She set out one day<BR/>In a relative way<BR/>And returned on the previous night.<BR/><BR/>[Arthur Buller,<BR/>Punch, 19 Dec 1923]<BR/><BR/>which provoked:<BR/><BR/>To her friends, that Miss Bright use to chatter,<BR/>"I have learned Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-330842810026089742007-12-01T05:21:00.000-05:002007-12-01T05:21:00.000-05:00Woody Allen once wrote in the New Yorker: "I could...Woody Allen once wrote in the New Yorker: "I could feel my coupling constant invade her weak field as I pressed my lips to her wet neutrinos."<BR/><BR/>But I couldn't turn that into a limerick, and Woody Allen and romance go together in sometimes icky ways.<BR/><BR/>So I'll try again.<BR/><BR/>"I've lost an electron!" said he.<BR/>"Are you sure?" right away replies she.<BR/>So he said, although Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-51458741202857317772007-11-30T22:36:00.000-05:002007-11-30T22:36:00.000-05:00My limerick muscles are flabby, but maybe the mora...My limerick muscles are flabby, but maybe the moral of the story, is don't offer up your thoughts for free; get them to pay, to hear what you say.Arunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03451666670728177970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-69412053431005404902007-11-30T21:06:00.000-05:002007-11-30T21:06:00.000-05:00Dear Bee,nice attempt. I'd be tempted to answer li...Dear Bee,<BR/><BR/>nice attempt. I'd be tempted to answer like,<BR/><BR/>"The limerick packs laughs anatomical<BR/>Into space that is quite economical.<BR/>But the good ones I've seen<BR/>So seldom are clean<BR/>And the clean ones so seldom are comical."<BR/><BR/>but maybe a better tribute is to go with the flow:<BR/><BR/>"If you think you've got something to say, <BR/>just open your own blog Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-6149003775159644962007-11-30T17:49:00.000-05:002007-11-30T17:49:00.000-05:00Others of us prefer bloggingelsewhere, by not mono...Others of us prefer blogging<BR/><BR/>elsewhere, by not monologuing<BR/><BR/>someone else's domain<BR/><BR/>can be less of a pain<BR/><BR/>It takes two for some serious snogging.<BR/><BR/>-- Prof. Jonathan Vos Post<BR/>http://magicdragon.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-69847823852905698102007-11-29T13:55:00.000-05:002007-11-29T13:55:00.000-05:00Hear, hear, chimpanzee. If you really wanted to, y...Hear, hear, chimpanzee. If you really wanted to, you would be most welcome to join our team, Bee.Keahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05652514294703722285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-14239858054784675312007-11-29T04:36:00.000-05:002007-11-29T04:36:00.000-05:00Please refer to a good interview w/Jonas Salk:http...Please refer to a good interview w/Jonas Salk:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://achievement.org/autodoc/page/sal0int-4" REL="nofollow">http://achievement.org/autodoc/page/sal0int-4</A><BR/><BR/>which explains the idiotic behavior you're experiencing.<BR/><BR/>Jonas Salk: I wasn't going out on a limb. The flack to which you refer is what taught me, very early on, not only about the <B>human side of natureAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-34131629747483592862007-11-28T21:22:00.000-05:002007-11-28T21:22:00.000-05:00Dear Bee,Long ago when I was applying to graduate ...Dear Bee,<BR/><BR/>Long ago when I was applying to graduate school, my physics professor in India (who seems wiser and wiser to me as each day passes) was dead set against my even putting in an application to Harvard; because of the environment there and because of the type of person I would become if I should by some chance happen to go there.<BR/><BR/>Physics suffers from Harvarditis. Arunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03451666670728177970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-72880203395816715942007-11-28T19:38:00.000-05:002007-11-28T19:38:00.000-05:00Wordpress, as you seem to know already, lets you m...Wordpress, as you seem to know already, lets you moderate and lets everyone re-edit their own comments.<BR/><BR/>Moderating as many comments as you have on this post would be a lot of work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-66478798815023613252007-11-28T18:59:00.000-05:002007-11-28T18:59:00.000-05:00Hi William, I thought I had deleted all the German...Hi William, <BR/><BR/>I thought I had deleted all the German sites I used to have. The video belongs <A HREF="http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2007/01/water-in-zero-gravity.html" REL="nofollow">to this post</A>. Best,<BR/><BR/>B.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-47389158412997336082007-11-28T18:56:00.000-05:002007-11-28T18:56:00.000-05:00I just saw the video of earth-boiling vrs space-bo...I just saw the video of earth-boiling vrs space-boiling of water, on your German site ... whoa ... that is a cool demo.<BR/><A HREF="http://th.physik.uni-frankfurt.de/~hossi/Bilder/BR/boil0g1.avi" REL="nofollow"> boiling</A>Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15991841830350137397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-4283572138026009942007-11-28T17:36:00.000-05:002007-11-28T17:36:00.000-05:00Science today has gone astrayString evangelicals l...<I><BR/>Science today has gone astray<BR/><BR/>String evangelicals lead the way<BR/><BR/>Blogging wars went ablaze<BR/><BR/>Bee said all is lost<BR/><BR/>Time to give up and run away<BR/></I>ChickenBreederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02654417966675250243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-23789281504172101322007-11-28T16:41:00.000-05:002007-11-28T16:41:00.000-05:00no problem... in fact, I didn't even notice. I am ...no problem... in fact, I didn't even notice. I am somewhat stressed out the last days. yes, we will be moving the blog and hopefully we can then run wordpress. we already have a domain, and if I find the time, maybe around christmas I will try to set things up. Best,<BR/><BR/>B.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-43581208550928913022007-11-28T16:36:00.000-05:002007-11-28T16:36:00.000-05:00Oh, you're moving? I guess I missed the news some...Oh, you're moving? I guess I missed the news somehow. Good luck with that!<BR/><BR/>Also, I hope you're a-hole reference was to the universal "you", as opposed to my offhand comment about James Watson's characteristic portrayals of himself and his colleagues in his own works of science popularization. Especially given some rather unfortunate current events, I figured the notion that Watson hasAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-62952973106732399872007-11-28T16:10:00.000-05:002007-11-28T16:10:00.000-05:00Hi Kea:Thanks for correcting a mistake I must have...Hi Kea:<BR/><BR/>Thanks for correcting a mistake I must have made a hundred times but nobody ever told me...<BR/><BR/>Hi Low Math:<BR/><BR/>The 'noise' is only an issue if there is a big knowledge gap in a discussion, which isn't often the case, because Stefan and I, we don't write very technical things. I mentioned it to explain why I don't think discussion of arxiv papers on blogs would work Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-3376853571518043232007-11-28T15:51:00.000-05:002007-11-28T15:51:00.000-05:00It's 'in the long run'.It's '<B>in</B> the long run'.Keahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05652514294703722285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-59019159709908021842007-11-28T15:30:00.000-05:002007-11-28T15:30:00.000-05:00I was thinking about signal:noise, and a comment m...I was thinking about signal:noise, and a comment made by tyler beneath the previous post. I'm a member of the noise subset too, and am well aware I might be disqualifying myself. I've no problem with that, if it serves the greater good.<BR/><BR/>My suggestion might actually be more work/liability than it's worth, but optimistically I suspect that while it would be a chore initially, activity Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-34686473372984734902007-11-28T15:21:00.000-05:002007-11-28T15:21:00.000-05:00Bummer. I knew the above post would be far too lon...Bummer. I knew the above post would be far too long to be comprehensible. <BR/><BR/>:-)Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-55327137058894450852007-11-28T13:52:00.000-05:002007-11-28T13:52:00.000-05:00Thought this may cheer you up.Thought <A HREF="http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/entire_blogosphere_stunned" REL="nofollow">this</A> may cheer you up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-33939664765255925152007-11-28T13:05:00.000-05:002007-11-28T13:05:00.000-05:00Hi Domenic:Thanks so much for your long and kind c...Hi Domenic:<BR/><BR/>Thanks so much for your long and kind comment, it cheered me up a big deal. I am just not an infinite reservoir of positive energy, so occasionally need to fill it up, e.g. with feedback like yours. Glad you enjoyed the renormalization :-)<BR/><BR/>Hi Uncle,<BR/><BR/><I> You cannot get your head straight with only internal dialog. [...] Innocents say the damnedest things.</I>Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.com