tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post9139844986080110742..comments2023-09-27T07:44:19.769-04:00Comments on Sabine Hossenfelder: Backreaction: Surfing the UniverseSabine Hossenfelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-75712903586780538212010-06-29T00:24:30.507-04:002010-06-29T00:24:30.507-04:00Hi Reasearcher,
Since most of us also read Not Ev...Hi Reasearcher,<br /><br />Since most of us also read <a href="http://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/?p=2990#comment-58180" rel="nofollow">Not Even Wrong</a>, we knew that as well as Anti-Lisiite Jacques Distler's response to said paper in 137 minutes after arXiv's posting, <a href="http://golem.ph.utexas.edu/~distler/blog/archives/002233.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.<br /><br />Steven Colyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435759210177642257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-59278690721984619502010-06-28T15:16:54.878-04:002010-06-28T15:16:54.878-04:00Just to note that Garrett has recently posted a ne...Just to note that Garrett has recently posted a new preprint on arXiv: <br />http://arxiv.org/abs/1006.4908Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-606392962138177652010-01-11T21:45:25.594-05:002010-01-11T21:45:25.594-05:00Dim One,
Well at least some folks have brains to ...Dim One,<br /><br />Well at least some folks have brains to leak out of, rather than dim bulbs mounted upon their shoulders.<br /><br />Chimpanzee,<br /><br />Good science sells itself without embarrassing hype. All it takes is true sincerity and integrity on the part of the science and the scientists. Carl Sagan did a very reasonable job of balancing science and entertainment without Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-58679122496293123452010-01-11T14:13:09.044-05:002010-01-11T14:13:09.044-05:00Zephir: "We simply cannot have an abstract en...Zephir: "We simply cannot have an abstract entropy quantity existing as such without underlying physical system ..."<br /><br />It appears to me that Verlinde did not claim 'bulk physics' behind entropy - just gravity. A change in entropy content of matter is what produces the force of gravity. He did not suggest the existence of graviton to mediate action-at-a-distance. The Tkknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-35025935493671195092010-01-11T14:09:54.954-05:002010-01-11T14:09:54.954-05:00[ CONTINUED ]
So. I was at the 2010 CES Show to ...[ CONTINUED ]<br /><br />So. I was at the 2010 CES Show to find an Entertainment Partner for the upcoming NASA/JPL 2011 Mars Mission, the 6-wheeled rover known as MSL (Mars Science Laboratory).<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chimpanzee/collections/72157622627654220/" rel="nofollow">http://www.flickr.com/photos/chimpanzee/collections/72157622627654220/</a><br /><br />Made a LOT chimpanzeehttp://www.jumplive.com/tech.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-56642212140437032442010-01-11T14:04:35.799-05:002010-01-11T14:04:35.799-05:00[ CONTINUED ]
Look. The whole CATASTROPHE in STE...[ CONTINUED ]<br /><br />Look. The whole CATASTROPHE in STEM Funding (in America, at least) is based on a FLAWED model for Public Outreach/Education. You're treating the Public<br /><br />[ for the most part, a bunch of Morons/Idiots/Fools, who are Science dis-connected & challenged ]<br /><br />like your "peers": you're trying to talk Science to them. At 1st glance it chimpanzeehttp://www.jumplive.com/tech.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-76386346366866319252010-01-11T14:02:04.560-05:002010-01-11T14:02:04.560-05:00I've also been pursuing the "B" opti...I've also been pursuing the "B" option ("Entertainment") for STEM (Science Technology Engineering Mathematics) Outreach, as an add-on to the "A" component ("Information"):<br /><br />A) Information<br />Dissemination of Science to the Public<br /><br />B) Entertainment<br />"Capturing an Audience", i.e. pandering to the Masses (Morons/Idiots/chimpanzeehttp://www.jumplive.com/tech.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-57155849894689142202010-01-11T01:39:01.652-05:002010-01-11T01:39:01.652-05:00This is basicallly, what Motl said in more vague m...This is basicallly, what Motl said in more vague manner:<br /><br />"I find it somewhat unlikely that "bulk physics" may be really derived without any "bulk physics".<br /><br />While his intuition is completelly right in this case, the above approach is exactly, what the string theory did all the time. We should realize, Verlinde's work has nothing to do with string Zephirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06010623752049244967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-56478607414564243422010-01-11T01:33:01.745-05:002010-01-11T01:33:01.745-05:00Maybe string theory or holographic theory are rela...Maybe string theory or holographic theory are related to entropy quantity in some abstract way (albeit I can see nothing entropic in their postulates with exception of vagueness) - but the connection of Aether gas concept to entropy is still much more straightforward and transparent. <br /><br />The apparent inability of physicists to distinguish trivial particle system beneath all these noble Zephirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06010623752049244967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-6418884259067962522010-01-10T23:46:44.197-05:002010-01-10T23:46:44.197-05:00Hi Tkk,
I noticed that three days ago at The Refe...Hi Tkk,<br /><br />I noticed that three days ago at The Reference Frame. It intrigued because for once Lubos is undecided about something. His article and replies are <a href="http://motls.blogspot.com/2010/01/gravity-as-holographic-entropic-force.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>, and both are intriguing. Thanks for the extra links.Steven Colyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435759210177642257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-18743149130863879332010-01-10T23:32:39.810-05:002010-01-10T23:32:39.810-05:00I don't know about Lisi, Randall, even Bee, bu...I don't know about Lisi, Randall, even Bee, but it appears one Verlinde has been surfing or climbing real hard: <br /><br />On the Origin of Gravity and the Laws of Newton<br />arxiv.org/abs/1001.0785<br />Erik Verlinde<br /><br />Stunning. A must read.<br />Information+position -> Entropy > gravity<br /><br />He claims to overturn Einstein's notion of gravity-energy-geometry. Tkknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-78610443067162571842010-01-10T03:25:51.767-05:002010-01-10T03:25:51.767-05:00Steven: And let's not even mention the squeaki...Steven: And let's not even mention the squeaking of the treadmill...Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-11280156560896895702010-01-09T23:45:19.546-05:002010-01-09T23:45:19.546-05:00One of Lisa Randall’s proposals is that an explana...One of Lisa Randall’s proposals is that an explanation for gravity being so weak, in compassion to other forces, is that it’s somehow not confined to the brane as to leach out beyond. Rumour has it she came up with the idea upon observing that many Anonymous blog commenters display having weakened powers of thought resultant of having leaky brains:-)Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-3943669976295784332010-01-09T23:19:11.142-05:002010-01-09T23:19:11.142-05:00I don't know if Lisa Randall will have time to...I don't know if Lisa Randall will have time to do the "Surfer Science" show.<br /><br />She's busy with an opera about herself and she's also selling crystals and doing tarot card readings during intermissions.<br /><br />Gotta love that post-modern pseudoscience!<br /><br />UlrichAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-52288202644858102932010-01-09T13:54:42.470-05:002010-01-09T13:54:42.470-05:00Ervin Goldfain, as soon as you posted that link, a...Ervin Goldfain, as soon as you posted that link, and without knowing who wrote it, I made a bet with myself: Don't tell me, I bet it was by noted Lisi critic Jacques Distler. I was right! lol<br /><br />Crap, now I have to pay myself. Where's the money?<br /><br />Garrett, thanks for explaining how GUT is incorporated in your theory. That's precisely what I'm looking for. Also, a Steven Colyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435759210177642257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-44441799337644016522010-01-09T12:09:34.013-05:002010-01-09T12:09:34.013-05:00Giotis: If it's supposed to be of maximal use ...Giotis: If it's supposed to be of maximal use for academic purposes, it should be not too far away from a major international airport and be an attractive location year round. (Or in other words, I don't like islands, and in particular not those far away from the equator.) Best,<br /><br />B.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-7262958467092499342010-01-09T11:52:29.977-05:002010-01-09T11:52:29.977-05:00Bee: A perfect farmhouse on an island in Sweden ma...Bee: A perfect farmhouse on an island in Sweden may be available if Elin Nordegren takes leave of her senses and reconciles with the golfing louse :)<br />Garret: Man, am I jealous. The last (and only) time I tried surfing, the board broke my big toe.Gordonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-22872443725139351762010-01-09T11:31:44.729-05:002010-01-09T11:31:44.729-05:00Hi Garret,
That’s nice to hear that Lisa Randall...Hi Garret,<br /><br /><br />That’s nice to hear that Lisa Randall is considering it as actually I see the whole concept of the show as a good idea for several reasons. First and foremost, anyway that can be discovered to be able to communicate some serious science to a general populous that has little idea about any if it I find as not only worthwhile, yet imperative as to attempt to lessen the Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-67918795871728728242010-01-09T10:06:02.969-05:002010-01-09T10:06:02.969-05:00Hi Bee,
Here is a link that points out in great d...Hi Bee,<br /><br />Here is a link that points out in great detail why Lisi's model is faulty:<br /><br />http://arxiv.org/abs/0905.2658 <br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />ErvinErvin Goldfainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-51410863673729849252010-01-09T05:03:54.773-05:002010-01-09T05:03:54.773-05:00Steven: The point I was trying to make, apparently...Steven: The point I was trying to make, apparently unsuccessfully, is that I don't care what you "reject" and what other people's opinions are, the only thing that scientifically matters are arguments. Before you continue to produce hot air, why don't you go and <a href="http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2006/07/thoughts-on-anthropic-principle.html" rel="nofollow">read the Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-71031983825488736702010-01-09T04:54:04.749-05:002010-01-09T04:54:04.749-05:00Anonymous: Garrett's level of "scientific...Anonymous: Garrett's level of "scientific achievement" is definitely higher than that of the average person watching the show will be. I don't think you need tenure to host a talkshow, so what's your point.<br /><br />Incidentally, I also have a paper on gen-ph, so I take your claim that this arXiv is allegedly "crank literature" personally. Well, at least Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-25782597719743497122010-01-09T04:44:05.861-05:002010-01-09T04:44:05.861-05:00Wow, you guys are doing a lot of speculating here....Wow, you guys are doing a lot of speculating here. Let me offer some information you can choose to believe or not, in reverse order that these questions came up in the comments:<br /><br />I don't know of a cartoon version, other than <a href="http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20071118" rel="nofollow">this</a>. (You have no idea how weird it is to encounter yourself portrayed in a Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03136765358626033631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-13651989506271882672010-01-09T02:43:47.890-05:002010-01-09T02:43:47.890-05:00Who dreamed this entertainment idea up?
Was gove...Who dreamed this entertainment idea up? <br /><br />Was government grant funding (aka "taxpayer money") paid out to the creators/producers of this for-profit series?<br /><br />Will there be an animated cartoon version available?Just More C02noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-86584518209243401432010-01-08T23:33:17.041-05:002010-01-08T23:33:17.041-05:00Ulrich has it right!Ulrich has it right!Arunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03451666670728177970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-25429121892158110412010-01-08T22:12:46.966-05:002010-01-08T22:12:46.966-05:00Laugh for/at humanity.
Cry for science.
Enjoy th...Laugh for/at humanity.<br /><br />Cry for science.<br /><br />Enjoy the scenery.<br /><br />UlrichAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com