tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post6857765052854781635..comments2023-09-27T07:44:19.769-04:00Comments on Sabine Hossenfelder: Backreaction: ScenesSabine Hossenfelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-61299774980255939842007-10-09T11:48:00.000-04:002007-10-09T11:48:00.000-04:00Dear Arun:You mean she didn't jump on the tracks? ...Dear Arun:<BR/><BR/>You mean she didn't jump on the tracks? RIM should really work on their advertisement campaign...<BR/><BR/>I'll make sure to always take a roach trap with me though.<BR/><BR/>Best,<BR/><BR/>B.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-53138979388789582172007-10-08T15:44:00.000-04:002007-10-08T15:44:00.000-04:00Dear Bee,If you like scenes, you'll likely find ma...Dear Bee,<BR/>If you like scenes, you'll likely find many in New York City.<BR/><BR/>NYT runs a weekly metropolitan diary feature:<BR/><A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/08/nyregion/08diary.html" REL="nofollow"><BR/>http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/08/nyregion/08diary.html</A><BR/><BR/>Here's one you can relate to :)<BR/><BR/>"Dear Diary:<BR/><BR/>As I was standing on the subway platform Arunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03451666670728177970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-37689516060111019252007-10-06T09:38:00.000-04:002007-10-06T09:38:00.000-04:00Hi Lubos: Next time I have a question about dirty ...Hi Lubos: Next time I have a question about dirty talk in English, I'll give you a call ;-)<BR/><BR/>Hi Arun: How do you know it was coincidence and not determined?<BR/><BR/>Hi CIP: I'll write about that maybe some other time... I'm still thinking about it.<BR/><BR/>Hi Christophe: I don't know that book, but there is a very nice short story by Rafik Schami about a guy who invents his own 'Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-32736419868044056292007-10-06T08:23:00.000-04:002007-10-06T08:23:00.000-04:00CIP, just hope some Hollywood filmmaker doesn't ge...CIP, just hope some Hollywood filmmaker doesn't get a crazy notion in his head that there's a connection between Bohm, quantum non-locality, and McCarthyism. The mere thought of being subjected to yet another lame conspiracy thriller makes me wanna scream!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-22626422829601077202007-10-05T10:24:00.000-04:002007-10-05T10:24:00.000-04:00Skip the eyebrow piercing and go straight to the y...Skip the eyebrow piercing and go straight to the younger boyfriend. ;-) Sorry, Stefan, I'm just kidding!! :-)Rae Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10239791074376508016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-47817563206410520702007-10-05T10:14:00.000-04:002007-10-05T10:14:00.000-04:00"Sex sells" and "sex-cells" have exactly the same ..."Sex sells" and "sex-cells" have exactly the same pronounciation and if a Canadian doesn't get it, he should hire me or another qualified person as an English tutor. ;-)Luboš Motlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17487263983247488359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-7525711285666612422007-10-04T02:37:00.000-04:002007-10-04T02:37:00.000-04:00Arun, there is a hidden message in Bee's post: if ...Arun, there is a hidden message in Bee's post: if you look carefully, you will realize that It's a <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Void_(novel)" REL="nofollow">lipogram in math signs</A>.Christophe de Dinechinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15212549796119667462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-88777751692799466042007-10-03T22:54:00.000-04:002007-10-03T22:54:00.000-04:00Poor Bohm! In addition to being persecuted by the...Poor Bohm! In addition to being persecuted by the McCarthyites he decided to try to understand quantum mechanics - usually an ill omened quest. But how can you doubt non-locality in some form?<BR/><BR/>The mini-essays are indeed small gems, as others have noted. If you give up physics you should definitely write - or stay with physics and write anyway.CapitalistImperialistPighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17523405806602731435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-60537151358142512882007-10-03T21:00:00.000-04:002007-10-03T21:00:00.000-04:00Dear Bee,it's great to read that over all the tech...Dear Bee,<BR/><BR/>it's great to read that over all the technical papers you haven't forgotten to write these well-observed short pieces :-)<BR/><BR/>Cheers, stefanstefanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09495628046446378453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-38488481411957962582007-10-03T19:34:00.000-04:002007-10-03T19:34:00.000-04:00Bee, these are charming scenes, nicely observed. P...Bee, these are charming scenes, nicely observed. Particularly the one at Starbucks...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-2057638307436022432007-10-03T12:11:00.000-04:002007-10-03T12:11:00.000-04:00First World civilization is waiting to die. Do so...First World civilization is waiting to die. Do something against that. Mediocrity is a vice of the doomed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-68859920516198221642007-10-03T11:46:00.000-04:002007-10-03T11:46:00.000-04:00I very much believe in coincidence.E.g., some mont...I very much believe in coincidence.<BR/><BR/>E.g., some months ago, I happen to be driving down a highway at a time that I would normally not be there (some errand took me that way) and suddenly I see someone waving to me wildly from a SUV. I follow the SUV to where we can stop safely and it turns out to be a friend visiting from Spain; he was a passenger in his brother's SUV that had picked him Arunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03451666670728177970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-25587170795951405002007-10-03T10:02:00.000-04:002007-10-03T10:02:00.000-04:00Hi Garrett:What's your opinion on it? Do you think...Hi Garrett:<BR/><BR/><I>What's your opinion on it? Do you think there are these non-local interactions?</I><BR/><BR/>The short answer is no. The long answer depends on what you mean with non-local interactions. <BR/><BR/>Hi Arun:<BR/><BR/><I>How'd you get suckered into reading a book with "Implicate" in the title?</I><BR/><BR/>I am tempted to say coincidence, but I just recalled I don't believe Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-55759918357459784692007-10-02T23:11:00.000-04:002007-10-02T23:11:00.000-04:00Ha! I think the quantum interpretation brigade mus...Ha! I think the quantum interpretation brigade must have gotten to Sabine.<BR/><BR/>I remember reading that book at a young and impressionable age. It is full of marvelously twisted abstract intellectual passages such as that one. No wonder about the headache.<BR/><BR/>I'd love it if there was an objective reality, as Bohm does, but that demands bizarre, non-local quantum interactions. And no Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-21632575268473690172007-10-02T22:30:00.000-04:002007-10-02T22:30:00.000-04:00How'd you get suckered into reading a book with "I...How'd you get suckered into reading a book with "Implicate" in the title?Arunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03451666670728177970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-82517434148928379902007-10-02T22:29:00.000-04:002007-10-02T22:29:00.000-04:00I think the guy should get his daughter a BB too t...<I>I think the guy should get his daughter a BB too then they could sent emails clarifying the amount of sugar.</I><BR/><BR/>This from a lady who just wrote a nice essay about Communication. :)Arunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03451666670728177970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-19900708085681696072007-10-02T21:40:00.000-04:002007-10-02T21:40:00.000-04:00Hi Arun:I was about to add a sentence saying no me...Hi Arun:<BR/><BR/>I was about to add a sentence saying no meta-messages here ;-) <BR/><BR/>I think the guy should get his daughter a BB too then they could sent emails clarifying the amount of sugar.<BR/><BR/>Hi Garrett:<BR/><BR/>Well, I hope your baby whose head I've allegedly been kicking won't make you stodgy ;-) But no, I guess it depends strongly on the person whether a child opens or closesSabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-47552865434389248642007-10-02T21:10:00.000-04:002007-10-02T21:10:00.000-04:00"Sabine, do you think having children makes someon..."Sabine, do you think having children makes someone older and stodgier, psychologically?"<BR/><BR/>No, a child just gives people an excuse to bring out their Inner Stodge.<BR/><BR/>I know a woman who, literally, looks and seems younger and sexier after having a child. But she is the iron-willed exception: she was determined to lose her pregnancy fat, etc etc. I think that many women welcome the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-69829016758253778302007-10-02T21:04:00.000-04:002007-10-02T21:04:00.000-04:00Blackberries aren't rude in Waterloo, they seem li...Blackberries aren't rude in Waterloo, they seem like an extra appendage for most residents.<BR/><BR/>Sabine, do you think having children makes someone older and stodgier, psychologically?<BR/><BR/>What book are you reading?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-27711005920583428972007-10-02T20:35:00.000-04:002007-10-02T20:35:00.000-04:00Busy searching for hidden messages. Let's see, if...Busy searching for hidden messages. Let's see, if I take letters 2,3,5,7,.....<BR/><BR/>:)<BR/><BR/>Can't stand holey jeans either. Man with daughter should put away blackberry, it is so rude!Arunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03451666670728177970noreply@blogger.com