tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post9151054932098672098..comments2023-09-27T07:44:19.769-04:00Comments on Sabine Hossenfelder: Backreaction: Advent calendar #18: Heisenberg and the microscopeSabine Hossenfelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-2655200993307166772011-12-18T23:57:31.293-05:002011-12-18T23:57:31.293-05:00Although Aristotle in general had a more empirical...<i><b>Although Aristotle in general had a more empirical and experimental attitude than Plato</b>, modern science did not come into its own until <b>Plato's Pythagorean confidence in the mathematical nature of the world</b> returned with Kepler, Galileo, and Newton. For instance, Aristotle, relying on a theory of opposites that is now only of historical interest, <b>rejected Plato's PlatoHagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00849253658526056393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-69554961597877986592011-12-18T16:42:12.116-05:002011-12-18T16:42:12.116-05:00NEVER allow a competent theorist into an experimen...NEVER allow a competent theorist into an experimental laboratory. If you do, you will rediscover the Pauli Effect. The University of Göttingen got off easy. Pauli was at Princeton in 1950 when their cyclotron blew.<br /><br />http://www.library.ethz.ch/exhibit/pauli/effekt_pauli_e.html<br />http://www.mostlycolor.ch/2011/07/pauli-effect.htmlUncle Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05056804084187606211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-72159968245717002172011-12-18T14:45:51.358-05:002011-12-18T14:45:51.358-05:00Hi Bee & Stefan,
Your advent calendar is so p...Hi Bee & Stefan,<br /><br />Your advent calendar is so precious! thanks. This anecdote is also alluded to in the great book "Einstein Defiant", by E. B. Bolles (http://www.amazon.com/Einstein-Defiant-Genius-Quantum-Revolution/dp/0309089980).<br /><br />Would you know of any good resource of online seminars and talks on the history of science? Neither google video nor pirsa give goodT.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09431124962798545107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-12551922618743142792011-12-18T11:45:21.768-05:002011-12-18T11:45:21.768-05:00So one can see, how far someone can reach, even wi...So one can see, how far someone can reach, even without experimenters knowledge.<br /><br />Best KayKay zum Feldehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04233793196547147876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-34643334092277853852011-12-18T07:15:06.300-05:002011-12-18T07:15:06.300-05:00Hi Bee & Stefan,
I guess this only goes to sh...Hi Bee & Stefan,<br /><br />I guess this only goes to show that each person has their own strengths and weaknesses. One could also say that despite Heisenberg’s poor showing in respect to his experimental competence Sommerfeld helped Wien to look past his own uncertainty. <br /><br /><i><b>“I think that modern physics has definitely decided in favor of Plato. In fact the smallest units of Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.com