tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post3680559042514944541..comments2023-09-27T07:44:19.769-04:00Comments on Sabine Hossenfelder: Backreaction: Will Physics turn into Philosophy?Sabine Hossenfelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-21082334805576529652008-09-01T18:16:00.000-04:002008-09-01T18:16:00.000-04:00Anonymous:It is important that we think about the ...Anonymous:<BR/><BR/><I>It is important that we think about the future. Unfortunately, we seem not to be capable of doing this. A generation ago no one dreamt of the Internet. No science fiction writer wrote anything remotely similar to what is going on now.</I><BR/><BR/>There have been various science fiction writers who have foreseen something like the internet. E.g. Jules Verne in his Novel <A Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-15306918221634462502008-09-01T18:10:00.000-04:002008-09-01T18:10:00.000-04:00Anonymous wrote:"It is important that we think abo...Anonymous wrote:<BR/><BR/>"It is important that we think about the future. Unfortunately, we seem not to be capable of doing this. A generation ago no one dreamt of the Internet. No science fiction writer wrote anything remotely similar to what is going on now.<BR/><BR/>What will the future be in the next generation, in a few decades? At that time, desktop computers will have more intelligence Tumbledriedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16241184018261772902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-81571833818018237192008-09-01T16:20:00.000-04:002008-09-01T16:20:00.000-04:00"You do not really understand something unless you..."You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother." ~ Albert Einstein<BR/><BR/>Here is where Prof. Einstein was wrong. You have to be able to explain it to your high school student.<BR/><BR/>If more profesors tried to explain things to high school students, serious advances would occur.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-89623932301381930602008-09-01T16:12:00.000-04:002008-09-01T16:12:00.000-04:00It is important that we think about the future. Un...It is important that we think about the future. Unfortunately, we seem not to be capable of doing this. A generation ago no one dreamt of the Internet. No science fiction writer wrote anything remotely similar to what is going on now."<BR/><BR/>That's because you're reading SKIFFY (scifi) vs SF, yo!!bellamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12243108422389386105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-91982083659126558082008-08-29T10:10:00.000-04:002008-08-29T10:10:00.000-04:00Can one identify "this function?" :)The phenomena ...Can one identify "this function?" :)<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/features/topics/snr_group/spherical_cow.html" REL="nofollow" TITLE="Spherical Cow">The phenomena we study are often complex, and including too many details can hinder, rather than help our understanding. Often it is useful to study a <I>simplified model</I> which contains only the most important general PlatoHagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00849253658526056393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-66369488011240787792008-08-29T05:59:00.000-04:002008-08-29T05:59:00.000-04:00Hi last anonymous,I got it! You can´t fool us.You ...Hi last anonymous,<BR/><BR/>I got it! You can´t fool us.<BR/>You must be that single super mind.<BR/>So please answer a question:<BR/>"Will Physics turn into Philosophy?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-30993797137149091842008-08-28T17:57:00.000-04:002008-08-28T17:57:00.000-04:00It is important that we think about the future. Un...It is important that we think about the future. Unfortunately, we seem not to be capable of doing this. A generation ago no one dreamt of the Internet. No science fiction writer wrote anything remotely similar to what is going on now.<BR/><BR/>What will the future be in the next generation, in a few decades? At that time, desktop computers will have more intelligence than human brains. Such "Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-5338964105117652762008-08-28T16:58:00.000-04:002008-08-28T16:58:00.000-04:00Bee, people die, expire, leave....whatever you wan...Bee, people die, expire, leave....whatever you want to call it. And so? Let it go, my dear.<BR/><BR/><BR/>"As a retired Physicist and Systems Engineer, I spend a lot of time researching on the internet. To me physics is about trying to understand the universe in a detailed mechanical, fully visualized way-- and then be able to describe it so that humanity can find sooner rather than later find bellamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12243108422389386105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-92047020695849394622008-08-27T15:07:00.000-04:002008-08-27T15:07:00.000-04:00My thoughts are posted here.My thoughts are posted <A HREF="http://morningcoffeephysics.wordpress.com/2008/08/27/a-limit-to-our-knowledge/" REL="nofollow">here</A>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-89455642404364768212008-08-27T12:36:00.000-04:002008-08-27T12:36:00.000-04:00Neil,With experimentation(phenomenological order) ...Neil,<BR/><BR/>With experimentation(phenomenological order) our perspectives change as observers.<BR/><BR/>My <A HREF="http://eskesthai.blogspot.com/2008/08/spherical-cows.html" REL="nofollow" TITLE="Spherical Cows">new post</A> deals with this. <BR/><BR/>Some poke fun at the news and some poke fun at the methods of science in it's theoretical stages and it's relevance.<BR/><BR/>Each attempt is PlatoHagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00849253658526056393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-34200504536924534282008-08-27T11:36:00.000-04:002008-08-27T11:36:00.000-04:00PS, Quick followup: Many thinkers find it interest...PS, Quick followup: Many thinkers find it interesting and even odd that we even have to do experiments at all, asking why isn't it just mathematically obvious or discoverable at least, why things are the way they are. But "our universe" (whether "the" universe or not) doesn't appear to be a supreme logical necessity, so we have to find out what it is like. That fits right in with my comment on "Neil Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04564859009749481136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-71711081899075681392008-08-27T11:32:00.000-04:002008-08-27T11:32:00.000-04:00A great essay Bee, as usual. One thing I notice is...A great essay Bee, as usual. One thing I notice is the rather glib acceptance of "other universes" (in various senses of the term, from quantum-choice splittings to "disconnected region" (?) of our own universe to literal multiple universes (separated, "floating in", what sort of "space"?) etc. I am OK with all that as a philosophical type, but how "scientific" is it, really? Not only is it not Neil Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04564859009749481136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-32438357300442355112008-08-27T07:37:00.000-04:002008-08-27T07:37:00.000-04:00Hi Bee,And of course my heartfelt condolences for ...Hi Bee,<BR/><BR/>And of course my heartfelt condolences for you and your family as well.<BR/><BR/>Sincerely,<BR/><BR/>PhilPhil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-70015334006255148092008-08-26T21:00:00.000-04:002008-08-26T21:00:00.000-04:00Hi Bee:Instead of foundational physics looking mor...Hi Bee:<BR/>Instead of foundational physics looking more like philosphy it might start to look more like religion. You have the string preachers and the LQG (and its variants) preachers trying to bring the sheep under one umbrella (at least Gross is according to Woit).<BR/><BR/>Lacking any data to sort out the reality of either of these approaches it comes down to name calling and basically Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-880650180937310782008-08-26T19:08:00.000-04:002008-08-26T19:08:00.000-04:00I quite agree that it's VERY hard to improve on th...I quite agree that it's VERY hard to improve on the fruits of natural selection.<BR/><BR/>Then again, when did that ever stop anybody...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-32000356322988629552008-08-26T12:29:00.000-04:002008-08-26T12:29:00.000-04:00My condolences Bee.ON a emergent process(?) in GR....My condolences Bee.<BR/><BR/>ON a <A HREF="http://eskesthai.blogspot.com/2008/08/higgs-field-as-pheromone.html" REL="nofollow" TITLE="Higgs Field as a Pheromone?">emergent process</A>(?) in GR.<BR/><BR/>Best,PlatoHagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00849253658526056393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-89451077589036448772008-08-26T10:51:00.000-04:002008-08-26T10:51:00.000-04:00I'm Sorry Bee. My condolences.BRI'm Sorry Bee. My condolences.<BR/><BR/>BRAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-47263975890514137482008-08-26T10:34:00.000-04:002008-08-26T10:34:00.000-04:00Hi Giotis,Sorry, there was a death in my family ye...Hi Giotis,<BR/>Sorry, there was a death in my family yesterday, I'm just not feeling very bloggy. <BR/><BR/>Hi Shantanu,<BR/>I presently don't have the time. It is a very interesting meeting, there will be a panel discussion this evening on "The merits of emergence" which I expect to be entertaining. <BR/><BR/>Best,<BR/><BR/>B.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-80281952475633778632008-08-26T09:54:00.000-04:002008-08-26T09:54:00.000-04:00Gee Bee, you are really in a bad mood. Sorry for t...Gee Bee, you are really in a bad mood. Sorry for that. Me on the other hand I am in a very good mood; it's 5 o'clock and I'm leaving work. Hura!:-) <BR/><BR/>BRAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-88897747409229017052008-08-26T09:46:00.000-04:002008-08-26T09:46:00.000-04:00Bee, can you blog something about the emergent gra...Bee, can you blog something about the emergent gravity workshop?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-75402231600970602632008-08-26T09:14:00.000-04:002008-08-26T09:14:00.000-04:00I don't respect nothing. And I'm not a good person...I don't respect nothing. And I'm not a good person either.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-33060625054669505942008-08-26T08:57:00.000-04:002008-08-26T08:57:00.000-04:00Maybe because you are a good person and you respec...Maybe because you are a good person and you respect people's thoughts even if they are expressed anonymously? <BR/><BR/>BRAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-50350207171230675512008-08-26T08:50:00.000-04:002008-08-26T08:50:00.000-04:00Because it's a Tuesday and I'm in a bad mood. I co...Because it's a Tuesday and I'm in a bad mood. I considered just disabling anonymous comments, I don't come around answering all comments anyway. If it's too much effort to check a box and enter a random string of letters then why should I make the effort of reading that stuff, in addition to writing the post?Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-822924908483107902008-08-26T08:45:00.000-04:002008-08-26T08:45:00.000-04:00Bee why don't you the time stamps to separate the ...Bee why don't you the time stamps to separate the Anonymous? I don't think your requests will have any result.<BR/><BR/>BRAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-90718493739885690922008-08-26T07:37:00.000-04:002008-08-26T07:37:00.000-04:00Hi Bee,A very interesting post and discussion and ...Hi Bee,<BR/><BR/>A very interesting post and discussion and one I see as essentially focusing around what questions are legitimate to ask and still be considered natural philosophy or physics. These questions of course being “how” and “why”. In the distant past both were considered not only legitimate yet essential, while today it would break down to “how” being the main focus of physics and “Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.com