tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post3656226489183684397..comments2023-09-27T07:44:19.769-04:00Comments on Sabine Hossenfelder: Backreaction: Some physics-themed ngram trendsSabine Hossenfelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-55643564616070190662012-04-13T15:24:25.395-04:002012-04-13T15:24:25.395-04:00"The largest dynamical system possible, the w..."The largest dynamical system possible, the whole Universe. Here distance and time spans are so great that the dynamical behavior of the system is dominated by relativistic requirements rather than relativistic effects, minor pertubations on a system which is almost completely described by Newtonian mechanics. It is amusing that the whole Universe can be considered an apparatus, but Computerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08043469121103688617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-690308118586460702012-04-13T11:34:48.049-04:002012-04-13T11:34:48.049-04:00These graphs are indeed interesting too watch!
Ma...These graphs are indeed interesting too watch!<br /><br />Maybe it is possible to extract similar graphs from databases as NASA-ADS or Web of Knowledge. In that way you could get a bit more realistic picture because you also take scientific papers into account.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-83732408930065856182012-04-13T07:35:32.542-04:002012-04-13T07:35:32.542-04:00Hi Bee,
How about using scientists themselves to ...Hi Bee,<br /><br />How about <a href="http://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Einstein%2CNewton%2CHawking%2CSagan&year_start=1945&year_end=2008&corpus=0&smoothing=3" rel="nofollow">using scientists themselves</a> to track the trend in the general interest in science? From this graph it would appear it all peaked within the 50’s and 60’s and yet if with adding Hawking and Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-35653920678016305632012-04-13T05:01:41.996-04:002012-04-13T05:01:41.996-04:00I think with this resolution the picture is more c...I think with <a href="http://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=string+theory&year_start=1980&year_end=2008&corpus=0&smoothing=0" rel="nofollow">this</a> resolution the picture is more clear. <br /><br />The lag you talked about can been seen now and I can even see the boost due to AdS/CFT but a year later...<br /><br />The String theory wars of 2006-07 can be seen too I think:Giotishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03594944884584261018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-45363313613329508752012-04-13T04:45:14.833-04:002012-04-13T04:45:14.833-04:00It is amazing, but I also find it somewhat puzzlin...It is amazing, but I also find it somewhat puzzling because the database is books, not scientific papers, and there should be a lag between the research and the book writing. The only sense I can make out of the curve is that when string theory is doing well, more books on the topic are going to be published in general. That there hasn't been another increase from the AdS/CFT conjecture mightSabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-19108566124481854092012-04-13T04:39:24.149-04:002012-04-13T04:39:24.149-04:00It is amazing how vividly String theory's hist...It is amazing how vividly String theory's history is depicted.<br /><br />The first String revolution in the 80's, the desert period between 90-95, the second String revolution in 95 and onwards. Even the boost due to the emergence of the multiverse picture is clearly shown in early 2000; this also explains the decoupling of String theory from SUSY during that period.<br /><br />The only Giotishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03594944884584261018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-66071530176436637372012-04-12T12:08:32.380-04:002012-04-12T12:08:32.380-04:00n-Grams show how grant-funding works. Observation...n-Grams show how grant-funding works. Observation shows how reality works. They are disjoint sets. Asimov's <i>Foundation Trilogy</i> says a lot about reality defined by decree.<br /><br />Emergence is an external, extrinsic property that cannot be fundamental. Emergent chirality is manually inserted into theory as symmetry breakings. Empirical failures of string/M-theory, SUSY, and dark Uncle Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05056804084187606211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-61427602841524726322012-04-12T12:05:13.573-04:002012-04-12T12:05:13.573-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Uncle Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05056804084187606211noreply@blogger.com