tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post8651086546551480197..comments2023-09-27T07:44:19.769-04:00Comments on Sabine Hossenfelder: Backreaction: Science Blogs in GermanSabine Hossenfelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-67066079502817258832007-11-13T16:53:00.000-05:002007-11-13T16:53:00.000-05:00The scary thing about that guy is he was trying to...The scary thing about that guy is he was trying to sell me his book. I don't know if it's such a good development that everybody can publish a book that contains complete nonsense.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-90711779468947735402007-11-13T15:37:00.000-05:002007-11-13T15:37:00.000-05:00Dear Bee,I've just received an email stating the f...Dear Bee,<BR/><BR/><BR/><I>I've just received an email stating the following...[I have never heard of quantum mechanics, and physics is all wrong anyway]</I><BR/><BR/>At least, the guy (my cliche about these guys is always of old white males retired from some technical jobs - although, this guy here may have been a lawyer... I know it's probably unfair ;-)...) remembers something from his physicsstefanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09495628046446378453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-63124904105647912007-11-13T15:14:00.000-05:002007-11-13T15:14:00.000-05:00Dear Bee,but I guess when it comes to politics or ...Dear Bee,<BR/><BR/><I>but I guess when it comes to politics or art, there's more in German? </I><BR/><BR/>I don't know for sure - but my impression is that blogging in German in general has not yet spread so far as it has in the English-speaking world.<BR/><BR/><I>So why on earth would I try to write a science blog in German, given that the majority of the blog-generation native Germans speaks stefanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09495628046446378453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-47018590884842581892007-11-13T09:19:00.000-05:002007-11-13T09:19:00.000-05:00with what arrogance it is defended, is, IMO, bette...<I>with what arrogance it is defended</I>, is, IMO, better than <I>what arrogance it is defended with</I>.Arunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03451666670728177970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-29926932024957212552007-11-13T08:06:00.000-05:002007-11-13T08:06:00.000-05:00... what arrogance it is sold with? So much about ...... what arrogance it is sold with? So much about my Denglish.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-84728672882335003032007-11-13T08:03:00.000-05:002007-11-13T08:03:00.000-05:00Off topic. I've just received an email stating the...Off topic. I've just received an email stating the following<BR/><BR/><I>The very basics of most current human knowledge are flawed [...] This can easily be proven. For instance:<BR/> <BR/>Were an electron to be a “negative” while a proton a “positive” – as current science upholds – then the negative electrons and positive protons would instantly unite, because opposites attract. Similarly, Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-41162635673785943692007-11-12T21:22:00.000-05:002007-11-12T21:22:00.000-05:00I think there are so little science blogs in Germa...I think there are so little science blogs in German because the widely accepted language in science is English anyhow. I don't read any German blogs whatsoever, but I guess when it comes to politics or art, there's more in German? <BR/><BR/>It only happens very rarely that I have to speak or write about my research in German, but it always feels odd. From the first seminar on that I've given I Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.com