tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post8885416101349979557..comments2023-09-27T07:44:19.769-04:00Comments on Sabine Hossenfelder: Backreaction: Book Review: "Imagine" by Jonah LehrerSabine Hossenfelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-15756855773756680362012-07-31T00:58:34.115-04:002012-07-31T00:58:34.115-04:00Hi Arun,
Thanks for the link. This is a sad story...Hi Arun,<br /><br />Thanks for the link. This is a sad story. It is good though to see that in the end reality won. I mean, the world is meanwhile so full of fabricated quotes, the publisher might just have shrugged it off and wiggled out. It speaks for them they're taking it seriously. Also sends a message to other aspiring science writers to check and reference sources. Best,<br /><br />B.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-74835813865859779872012-07-30T15:50:56.235-04:002012-07-30T15:50:56.235-04:00And here is the original article questioning Lehre...And here is the original article questioning Lehrer's veracity.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/107779/jonah-lehrers-deceptions" rel="nofollow">http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/107779/jonah-lehrers-deceptions</a>Arunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03451666670728177970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-40335701554000011212012-07-30T15:46:10.783-04:002012-07-30T15:46:10.783-04:00Hi Bee,
Sadly, "Jonah Lehrer Resigns From Th...Hi Bee,<br /><br />Sadly, "Jonah Lehrer Resigns From The New Yorker After Fabricated Quotes Found In His Book"<br /><br /><a href="http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/07/jonah-lehrer-resigns-new-yorker.php?ref=fpnewsfeed" rel="nofollow">http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/07/jonah-lehrer-resigns-new-yorker.php?ref=fpnewsfeed</a><br /><br />Quote:<br /><br />"Celebrated Arunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03451666670728177970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-82317867670986030412012-05-30T06:43:04.129-04:002012-05-30T06:43:04.129-04:00Hi Mike,
Thanks for the clarification regarding S...Hi Mike,<br /><br />Thanks for the clarification regarding Swiss military service! Best,<br /><br />B.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-3631862117052332012-05-29T05:55:57.094-04:002012-05-29T05:55:57.094-04:00Hi Bee,
Despite what you mention here with the au...Hi Bee,<br /><br />Despite what you mention here with the author attempting to convey that creativity has two ingredients, imagination and perspiration it doesn’t appear that he sweat enough about what it was that had him inspired. That is from what you describe this is just another of the many self help books, with the self representing the fortunes of the author. From my own perspective the Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-84798102803897338342012-05-29T04:22:54.438-04:002012-05-29T04:22:54.438-04:00Hi Arun,
Thanks... I rarely read reviews before I...Hi Arun,<br /><br />Thanks... I rarely read reviews before I've finished a book. I have read some of Lehrer's articles online and found he writes very well, so I'd give the book a chance. The book reads like it was written on time squeezed in at airports. It would have needed a year more work or so and it could have been really good. I'm not surprised Chabris notes a bunch of Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-4460758532327459002012-05-29T00:23:22.035-04:002012-05-29T00:23:22.035-04:00Hi Bee,
The New York Times had at least two review...Hi Bee,<br />The New York Times had at least two reviews of this book. One of the reviewers, Christopher Chabris, was quite harsh.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/13/books/review/imagine-by-jonah-lehrer.html?pagewanted=all" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/13/books/review/imagine-by-jonah-lehrer.html</a><br /><br />For instance:<br /><br />"Malcolm Gladwell Arunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03451666670728177970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-33195639437595809332012-05-28T14:22:01.084-04:002012-05-28T14:22:01.084-04:00Hi Bee,
Thanks again for your review on the book....Hi Bee,<br /><br />Thanks again for your review on the book.<br /><br />I have a good sense now of the experimental requirement you subscribe too, so I can see where you are asking for evidence and a concerted effort to establish a line of reasoning which all could subscribe too in terms of creativity.<br /><br />So in the research it seems even though institutions are involved it does not reallyPlatoHagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00849253658526056393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-84249978575930944792012-05-28T10:38:45.249-04:002012-05-28T10:38:45.249-04:00Creativity: 1) Seek a blue rose. 2) There are no ...Creativity: 1) Seek a blue rose. 2) There are no blue roses. 3) Grab one where it is not. Management is rewarded for measurable enforcement, process not product. Management is about numbers. This is wildly successful for creating numbers - obtaining Africa, not blue roses.<br /><br /><i>And Suddenly the Inventor Appeared</i>, Genrich Altshuller and TRIZ. TRIZ breaks the back of every problem Uncle Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05056804084187606211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-84903701376450674692012-05-28T08:03:37.723-04:002012-05-28T08:03:37.723-04:00I just discovered your review, and I completely ag...I just discovered your review, and I completely agree, couldn't have expressed it better, especially because my written English isn't very good.<br />(I'm Swiss;-) One Detail: while all men here do have to join the army in principle, the bigger part of the male population finds ways around that..., especially those who study at universities. And the army would be completely Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03925488717586293981noreply@blogger.com