tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post7870182325855923315..comments2023-09-27T07:44:19.769-04:00Comments on Sabine Hossenfelder: Backreaction: Sunny with scattered papersSabine Hossenfelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-26693398351139826222011-02-06T12:27:15.862-05:002011-02-06T12:27:15.862-05:00Hi Plato,
Sounds good. But imagine if this were t...Hi Plato,<br /><br />Sounds good. But imagine if this were the day of the 7th game of The Stanley Cup, because today is America's Super Bowl, which means to us what said game would mean to you, so count me out of the current discussion until tomorrow.<br /><br />Hasta la vista, baby,<br /><br />Cheers,<br />SteveSteven Colyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435759210177642257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-54214506358179339042011-02-06T12:25:54.981-05:002011-02-06T12:25:54.981-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Steven Colyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435759210177642257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-24379752426105903972011-02-06T11:16:19.643-05:002011-02-06T11:16:19.643-05:00Lets make it a quorum, I'll write a post and m...Lets make it a quorum, I'll write a post and make "measure the issue" and the list of authors who writ about are somehow classified according to some index? <br /><br />We know how that works...sing a song about string theory and all it's evil wrongs...how in touch they are with reality as if your "<a href="http://eskesthai.blogspot.com/2009/02/PlatoHagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00849253658526056393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-82594175643580573172011-02-06T11:05:53.017-05:002011-02-06T11:05:53.017-05:00LOL:)
looking toward such thoughts as if:
I turn...LOL:)<br /><br />looking toward such thoughts as if:<br /><br /><i>I turned the corner because it is not about emotions, life and death anymore...so I am on the trail with a more enhanced version of logic approaching it from.....and all is right with the world</i>:)<br /><br />Come on...you are "all that," and more.:)<br /><br />Like you were trying to run away from it....as if it wouldPlatoHagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00849253658526056393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-86964593592770462662011-02-06T10:30:52.469-05:002011-02-06T10:30:52.469-05:00What are you talking about, Plato?!
I went 5-0 in...What are you <i>talking</i> about, Plato?!<br /><br />I went 5-0 in debate in positions I believed in, then when in the 6th debate I won in a debate taking the position I disagreed with the rules dictated I WAS REQUIRED TO TAKE take, and won that too, I quit the team in disgust.<br /><br />As far as defending "lawyers" here, you'll win few friends and therefore few arguments.<br /><Steven Colyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435759210177642257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-13200173330687269982011-02-06T10:20:08.350-05:002011-02-06T10:20:08.350-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Steven Colyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435759210177642257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-53626637360398610632011-02-06T10:19:49.183-05:002011-02-06T10:19:49.183-05:00Hi Steven,
Moral dilemma?
Even if you knew it to...Hi Steven,<br /><br />Moral dilemma?<br /><br />Even if you knew it to be wrong, you would argue for it's position to be right because in science it is defensible from a historical lesson based on Socratic institution?:)<br /><br />Lee doesn't do it that way as it is "not measure-ale" in time:)<br /><br />Imagine, coming from me?:)<br /><br />After all the education, and least PlatoHagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00849253658526056393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-43787969045674609712011-02-06T08:17:13.534-05:002011-02-06T08:17:13.534-05:00Hey, Phil, contrast and compare Motorcycle with Ja...Hey, Phil, contrast and compare Motorcycle with Jack Kerouac On the Road, cuz I read and loved that book. Bear in mind I was young at the time.:-)<br /><br /><i> ....honesty is more often than not the best policy; that is unless of course you happen to be a reporter in Egypt right about now;-) </i><br /><br />LOL ! Yeah, right? :-)<br /><br />And that goes double, no ... QUADruple if the reporterSteven Colyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435759210177642257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-64883307828156164902011-02-06T08:06:16.393-05:002011-02-06T08:06:16.393-05:00Hi Steven,
As stated I sincerely wish you well an...Hi Steven,<br /><br />As stated I sincerely wish you well and would be the first to say that honesty is more often than not the best policy; that is unless of course you happen to be a reporter in Egypt right about now;-) That however doesn’t extend to being easily swayed by someone’s heartfelt commitment as thinking it being equivalent to truth. However in the end what more importantly defines Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-86864299684186742712011-02-06T07:38:35.650-05:002011-02-06T07:38:35.650-05:00That was a cute link Phil, thanks. I was on the de...That was a cute link Phil, thanks. I was on the debate team in high school, which pretty much prepares you to be a trial attorney.<br /><br />To whit: when you show up for a debate, you have to be prepared to argue either side of the "Resolved" issue, because you never know which side you'll have to defend.<br /><br />I was pretty successful, I won all my debates, but I felt like Steven Colyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435759210177642257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-22782415241390805972011-02-06T07:36:19.159-05:002011-02-06T07:36:19.159-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Steven Colyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435759210177642257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-67442380025823945932011-02-06T06:44:29.820-05:002011-02-06T06:44:29.820-05:00Hi Steven,
Like I said I do wish you the best. A...Hi Steven,<br /><br />Like I said I do wish you the best. <a href="http://www.csun.edu/~dgw61315/fallacies.html" rel="nofollow">As for the rest</a> of what you said, after I it sort out, as to clear away all the red herrings, straw men and Argumentum ad hominem I’ll get back to you;-)<br /><br /><br />Best,<br /><br />PhilPhil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-35414230859985398072011-02-06T06:41:27.549-05:002011-02-06T06:41:27.549-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-66112767543594647502011-02-06T06:38:38.912-05:002011-02-06T06:38:38.912-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-81822882842937303182011-02-06T05:41:18.863-05:002011-02-06T05:41:18.863-05:00...if you believe it to be the reward(s) found in ...<i>...if you believe it to be the reward(s) found in only reaching the summit all I can say is I wish the best.</i><br /><br />Thanks for the well wishes, and so sorry to disagree again, but in the gross aggregate I do believe the difference between <i>winners</i> and <i>losers</i> is that winners achieve their goals and losers waste too much time smelling the roses, and when they don't reachSteven Colyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435759210177642257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-87771951856235937042011-02-06T05:20:56.373-05:002011-02-06T05:20:56.373-05:00Hey Plato, thanks for that. Now if only somebody c...Hey Plato, thanks for that. Now if only somebody can unite Relativistic Fluidic Dyanamics with Quantum Hydrodynamics we'll all be cooking with gas, right? :-)<br /><br />Since our webhostess is a Gravity expert I think we'd all like to hear what YOU think of that paper, Bee.<br /><br />Back on topic if there are no objections:<br /><br />Johannes Koelman of The Hammock Physicist has a Steven Colyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435759210177642257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-47246899275341906452011-02-06T04:51:04.840-05:002011-02-06T04:51:04.840-05:00Hi Steven,
Neither Pirsig nor I would suggest tha...Hi Steven,<br /><br />Neither Pirsig nor I would suggest that the goal as not being important, as like the sides of the mountain cannot exist unless the peak is there to define them. Also I wouldn’t suggest that the ascent is always an easy thing. The point being is if all that can be enjoyed is reaching the peak than such endeavour will spell disaster for most and for the few who are fortunate Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-20717146280287542022011-02-06T04:07:22.874-05:002011-02-06T04:07:22.874-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-56850166721626645252011-02-06T01:02:58.149-05:002011-02-06T01:02:58.149-05:00On the formal side, we could consider how one acco...<i>On the formal side, we could consider how one accounts for elastic media and magnetic fields, as well as technical issues concerning relativistic vortices (and cosmic strings). On the application side, we may discuss many issues for astrophysical fluid flows (like supernova core collapse, jets, gamma-ray bursts, and cosmology).<br /><br />In updating this review we will obviously also correct PlatoHagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00849253658526056393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-50802669979396741472011-02-06T00:30:17.362-05:002011-02-06T00:30:17.362-05:00You climb the mountain in an equilibrium between r...<i>You climb the mountain in an equilibrium between restlessness and exhaustion. Then, when you’re no longer thinking ahead, each footstep isn’t just a means to an end but a unique event in itself.</i> <b>Robert M. Pirsig- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance</b><br /><br />Few would understand this Phil until they can find some relative point in their own lives that it would ring true.<br /PlatoHagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00849253658526056393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-42460382375824465652011-02-05T12:33:53.206-05:002011-02-05T12:33:53.206-05:00If you do not like being alone, it is because you ...<i>If you do not like being alone, it is because you are in poor company.</i> <br /><br />Excellent. To which I would add: If you're not your own best friend, seek a competent consulting psychologist. They can help, they cure attitude problems, which everyone has from time to time, geniuses <i>doubly</i> so since the platonic ideal of meritocracy ain't the way the world works in spite of Steven Colyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435759210177642257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-75195996216628078162011-02-05T12:01:04.207-05:002011-02-05T12:01:04.207-05:00If you do not like being alone, it is because you ...If you do not like being alone, it is because you are in poor company. The average person dreads the velvet black silence of his own mind.<br /><br />Attaching social criteria to basic research specifically excludes those who can spark the vacuum. It is safer that way. <br /><br />The safe path always leads to ruin.Uncle Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05056804084187606211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-12619022019645640322011-02-05T09:48:59.489-05:002011-02-05T09:48:59.489-05:00Mental reflection is so much more interesting than...<i><b>Mental reflection is so much more interesting than TV ...</b></i><br /><br />I've always thought so, at least since All in the Family was canceled. And Columbo.<br /><br /><i><b>... it’s a shame more people don’t switch over to it. </b></i><br /><br />Most people are sheeple. An island of only wolves starves to death. Somebody should tell the Bushes.<br /><br /><i><b>They probably thinkSteven Colyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435759210177642257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-87841007341011214382011-02-05T05:38:07.080-05:002011-02-05T05:38:07.080-05:00Hi Steven,
You seem to always look at the value o...Hi Steven,<br /><br />You seem to always look at the value of things in terms of achieving goals, rather then what can be had along the journey towards the goal. Yes it’s true that many if not all scientists have things they would like to solve and yet for the good ones what is discovered in the effort often becomes the more important, even while the goal remains unattained. <br /><br /><i><b>“Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-40696862973225611022011-02-04T23:33:16.416-05:002011-02-04T23:33:16.416-05:00Okay Steven,
Ideal Fluid would in the sense be in...Okay Steven,<br /><br />Ideal Fluid would in the sense be in regard to viscosity.....and only from that perspective.:)<br /><br />Best,PlatoHagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00849253658526056393noreply@blogger.com