tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post7220537273192381252..comments2023-09-27T07:44:19.769-04:00Comments on Sabine Hossenfelder: Backreaction: Five years BackreactionSabine Hossenfelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-14262793445876277212011-03-01T01:36:43.416-05:002011-03-01T01:36:43.416-05:00What an eventful 5 years. Marriage, location chang...What an eventful 5 years. Marriage, location changes, pregnancy, births, and all. Can you post that as a Feynman diagram? :)<br /><br />Thanks and congratulations! <br /><br />WilliamWilliamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15991841830350137397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-6682327618886899502011-02-26T22:41:54.865-05:002011-02-26T22:41:54.865-05:00Yes we can!
Congratulations Bee and Stefan on the...Yes we can!<br /><br />Congratulations Bee and Stefan on the 5-year mark for the blog.<br /><br />And on approaching the point at which you might get to sleep for a full 6-8 hours undisturbed.<br /><br />Isn't life strange and stressful and wonderful all at the same time?<br /><br />RLORobert L. Oldershawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15396555790655312393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-46351146088804987732011-02-26T16:42:00.345-05:002011-02-26T16:42:00.345-05:00Robert, can't you just this once congratulate ...Robert, can't you just this once congratulate Bee and Stefan on the fifth anniversary of their blog. There is plenty of other times that we all get to discuss our physics theories.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08213251864943443334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-1080860837929190662011-02-26T16:39:50.704-05:002011-02-26T16:39:50.704-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08213251864943443334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-24201778974096696402011-02-26T12:32:45.133-05:002011-02-26T12:32:45.133-05:00Neutron mass = Proton mass + 3(Einstein mass). [99...Neutron mass = Proton mass + 3(Einstein mass). [99.9967% level]<br /><br />Electron = (sqrt 3/2)(Einstein mass).<br /><br />sqrt 3/2 = [j(j+1)/a]^1/2 and j=a=1/2.<br /><br />Einstein mass = (alpha^2 e^2/G')^1/2<br /><br />G' = 2.18 x 10^31 cgs units.<br /><br />So that's 11 major baryons, the electron and the neutron at the <99.6>% level.<br /><br />But of course one is not Robert L. Oldershawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15396555790655312393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-25868014489002362332011-02-26T10:59:04.470-05:002011-02-26T10:59:04.470-05:00Hi Neil,
I always take seriously what you have to...Hi Neil,<br /><br />I always take seriously what you have to say, as I’ve found that your intent by in large is meant to offer constructive criticism, rather than the opposite. That is I would concur that the current nature of the world suggests we be more economical than ever before. However what I’m more fearful of, is that it also might relate to what forms to be the aggregate of the averagePhil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-5071082318408651672011-02-26T09:54:38.891-05:002011-02-26T09:54:38.891-05:00Hi Steven,
Thanks for your support; I think :-) A...Hi Steven,<br /><br />Thanks for your support; I think :-) As for the difficulty in getting up my way I would alleviate that situation by me making the effort, that is if time not being more of a factor, rather than one of resource. Hell I’d even put out of my mind I would be also be getting closer to the New York Yankees and Leonard Susskind :-) <br /><br />More seriously though, in the last Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-5138692706096862992011-02-26T09:17:58.559-05:002011-02-26T09:17:58.559-05:00Phil - thanks for being accepting of advice (and i...Phil - thanks for being accepting of advice (and it was prompted by your own implicit appeal), and yet to be accepted as you are is wonderful too. As I have said your writing is elegant and brings up shades of meaning and context. Then again, there are times when you have limited space and time and want to get teh (sic!) same basic point out. It's good to have the ability, just like it'sNeil Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04564859009749481136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-62029520939487198152011-02-26T08:55:30.091-05:002011-02-26T08:55:30.091-05:00oops, I should have said drags space-time not warp...oops, I should have said drags space-time not warps as even a non-rotating body warps it. Sheesh, I type too fast. Or think too fast and type too slow. Or something.Steven Colyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435759210177642257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-23357147849584657222011-02-26T08:43:53.645-05:002011-02-26T08:43:53.645-05:00Thanks, Stefan. Well if the reason you haven't...Thanks, Stefan. Well if the reason you haven't written has something to do with two new humans and/or you job at Springer on top of that (and taking out the garbage, which is Job 1), we can fully understand so don't rush on our account.<br /><br />If on the other hand, it's for lacks of ideas, may I suggest some that take us away from the silly SuperStrings Wars and LHC stuff that Steven Colyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435759210177642257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-30024375523584145262011-02-26T06:44:15.917-05:002011-02-26T06:44:15.917-05:00Hi Steven,
Thanks for completely liking and accep...Hi Steven,<br /><br />Thanks for completely liking and accepting me as I am, thus having you becoming part of a exclusive group, that is along with my dear mother and perhaps a few others:-). Then again how could I not take Neil’s advice to heart, especially in light of the example he offered as perhaps those managing striking a better balance. That said, in general I still find to many Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-13565630624040753142011-02-25T17:29:12.550-05:002011-02-25T17:29:12.550-05:00Dear All,
thanks a lot for all the kind words and...Dear All,<br /><br />thanks a lot for all the kind words and the good wishes for Backreaction's anniversary! It's indeed amazing to see it five years old already!<br /><br />Steven, I haven't give up yet the hope that I'll write a post again some day ;-)<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />Stefanstefanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09495628046446378453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-80835961935030411792011-02-25T16:23:40.871-05:002011-02-25T16:23:40.871-05:00Uncle Al writes;
Those who are always wrong become...Uncle Al writes;<br /><i>Those who are always wrong become economists, psychologists, and politicians. Being burned in effigy is not nearly as inconvenient as the alternative.</i><br /><br />LOL!! :-)<br /><br />You are ONE CRAZY sumbitch, Al, I am NOT the first person to have that opinion, am I?<br /><br />Don't you ever change either. ;-0Steven Colyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435759210177642257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-36343452545558550332011-02-25T16:20:44.684-05:002011-02-25T16:20:44.684-05:00Phil, you're fine just the way you are, brah. ...Phil, you're fine just the way you are, brah. No excuses, don't ever change.Steven Colyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435759210177642257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-17697350397946271162011-02-25T11:04:20.996-05:002011-02-25T11:04:20.996-05:00The future is here, it's just not evenly distr...The future is here, it's just not evenly distributed. Always pursue the statistical anomaly! They'll forget when you were wrong and extoll your virtues for being correct. Keep your ideas public.<br /><br />(Those who are always wrong become economists, psychologists, and politicians. Being burned in effigy is not nearly as inconvenient as the alternative.)Uncle Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05056804084187606211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-5871566490405671612011-02-25T08:18:32.845-05:002011-02-25T08:18:32.845-05:00This blog has been an engaging and inspiring read ...This blog has been an engaging and inspiring read for me : very honest and straightforward, funny, incisive, intelligent and very civil and very very nice.<br /><br />Best wishes to Backreaction!Nirmalyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00482736027241310182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-60029986093354447802011-02-25T08:12:21.414-05:002011-02-25T08:12:21.414-05:00Phil, strive to be concise, not flowery! You can l...Phil, strive to be concise, not flowery! You can learn a lot from Bee's style, which manages to balance various needs and aesthetic concerns.Neil Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04564859009749481136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-51504458509904631432011-02-25T07:08:13.451-05:002011-02-25T07:08:13.451-05:00Hi Steven,
I don’t think I write all that well an...Hi Steven,<br /><br />I don’t think I write all that well and may explain why I have messed up Bee’s and Stephan’s space so often with my erasures. That is why I also like to include quotes, as I invariably find someone else has expressed things much better than I often can. In having said that, the last one I offered was truncated and now discover I should have given the full rendition, as it Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-83242598524121291542011-02-24T23:17:49.121-05:002011-02-24T23:17:49.121-05:00What is blogspot up to? I can only get feeds from ...What is blogspot up to? I can only get feeds from the last 6 hours. Why? There are many gods, but who are the worst gods? That's right, the blogspot gods.Steven Colyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435759210177642257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-87176703218274717872011-02-24T22:32:40.150-05:002011-02-24T22:32:40.150-05:00Congrats on your blog pentaversary, Bee and Stefan...Congrats on your blog pentaversary, Bee and Stefan, <i>et al</i>! I have found the scientific and socio-philosophical essays very interesting and often illuminating, written in a fetching style and very impressive English for an EASL practictioner, thought-provoking, with convincing counsel in many cases. The best of the interdisciplinary pieces about science and society are of the caliber of Neil Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04564859009749481136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-27981071092175187492011-02-24T20:34:24.532-05:002011-02-24T20:34:24.532-05:00Bee (and Stefan) - thanks for the very many insigh...Bee (and Stefan) - thanks for the very many insightful posts over these past years and as well putting up with all the riff-raff that come to visit the blog! May I be the first to suggest that the 10th will require a non-virtual celebration? (preferably somewhere with snowboarding of course!)Anonymous Snowboarderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13705929076819672791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-6207295063577574692011-02-24T11:45:06.996-05:002011-02-24T11:45:06.996-05:00Happy Anniversary!
ChristineHappy Anniversary!<br /><br />ChristineChristine Cordula Dantashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05271747374185459530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-27915457060222973162011-02-24T11:05:46.164-05:002011-02-24T11:05:46.164-05:00A big thank you for being hosts to all the posts a...A big thank you for being hosts to all the posts and interesting conversations.<br /><br />Best,PlatoHagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00849253658526056393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-62928429100193273122011-02-24T10:48:34.609-05:002011-02-24T10:48:34.609-05:00Hi Bee,
You are doing very good work and I'm g...Hi Bee,<br />You are doing very good work and I'm glad you are sharing it with us. I think this is a particularly interesting time for physics with many cross currents pulling and tugging. There is a certain intellectual inertia in all of us and you have managed well to fill us in where you think those points are. Sometimes we have pushed back and disagreed. But I think I can say that just Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08213251864943443334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-26254764743499108392011-02-24T10:44:52.850-05:002011-02-24T10:44:52.850-05:00Dear Bee and Stefan,
it is always a pleasure to r...Dear Bee and Stefan,<br /><br />it is always a pleasure to read your interesting blogs and commentaries on our commentaries. I hope, this will go on for a long time.<br /><br />Best KayKay zum Feldehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04233793196547147876noreply@blogger.com