tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post2938781598862589250..comments2023-09-27T07:44:19.769-04:00Comments on Sabine Hossenfelder: Backreaction: Guest Post: Peter SteinbergSabine Hossenfelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-16524978110825582112007-02-20T18:33:00.000-05:002007-02-20T18:33:00.000-05:00Hi Peter,thank you for this quite personal story! ...Hi Peter,<BR/><BR/>thank you for this quite personal story! For me, it seems to show once more that single, and often quite random events, can change drastically one's path through life, and that predictions of the future are difficult ;-)..<BR/><BR/>Since you mention your philosophy class in the first year at Yale - I have no clear idea about how this is organised at american universities. So instefanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09495628046446378453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-91844446660308580462007-02-19T23:30:00.000-05:002007-02-19T23:30:00.000-05:00Like John Ellis's blog, from "quantum diaries" I h...Like John Ellis's blog, from "quantum diaries" I had been watching your site as well Peter. I believe that this is a success story even though it did not continue, at least the people themselves have like yourself and Tommaso.<BR/><BR/>I wonder what ever happen to the production of the TV series called the Blackhole?<BR/><BR/>As well too, is my fascination with Ronald Mallet and the whole issue PlatoHagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00849253658526056393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-3490692499782002602007-02-19T09:06:00.000-05:002007-02-19T09:06:00.000-05:00Wow, that is a very eloquent and poignant story. ...Wow, that is a very eloquent and poignant story. Thanks for sharing it. <BR/><BR/>"torn between deciding that my Moment was the end product of a series of chance events (even R.I.G. Hughes suggesting I take that philosophy class), or something more like a directed random walk (i.e. I somehow knew all along that I'd end up the way I did)"<BR/><BR/>The older I get the more I lean towards the "Rae Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10239791074376508016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-55011734967879782072007-02-19T08:59:00.000-05:002007-02-19T08:59:00.000-05:00Dear Peter, thanks for telling your story. it is v...Dear Peter, <BR/><BR/>thanks for telling your story. it is very insightful to read how your profession is so detached from what i now but yet so close to what humans strive to find. its amazing you have not forgotten where you came from. what has your research told you about what happens after death. does it tell you something? is there a conflict between science and religous believes. is there aAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-60521374193752024072007-02-19T08:21:00.000-05:002007-02-19T08:21:00.000-05:00In a traditional story, the answer to "What is the...In a traditional story, the answer to "What is the most amazing thing in the world?" is "Everyday men die and yet men live like they will never die."<BR/><BR/>So how you turned to physics marks you outside the common herd.Arunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03451666670728177970noreply@blogger.com