tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post5392378101439149091..comments2023-09-27T07:44:19.769-04:00Comments on Sabine Hossenfelder: Backreaction: Book review: “Eureka” by Chad Orzel.Sabine Hossenfelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-32653362540353766592015-07-17T06:26:41.185-04:002015-07-17T06:26:41.185-04:00Giotis councils:
"Caution: such books if suc...Giotis councils: <br />"Caution: such books if successful may increase the number of crackpots/charlatans exponentially, especially in hep-th physics. Public's interest in science is a good thing as long as the irrelevant people restrain themselves from expressing uneducated opinions on things they don't understand."<br /><br />Expressions in arrogance similar to this much more Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-35888518663235475562015-07-14T10:19:56.761-04:002015-07-14T10:19:56.761-04:00Baseball's foundation is simple: only the defe...Baseball's foundation is simple: only the defense handles the ball. The ball is a good thing for the offense in other games. The remainder is parameterization, so guys can chew tobacco, spit, and scratch themselves with dignity. Contrast APS meetings with ACS meetings (wherein the goal is to be hung over on the second day).Uncle Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05056804084187606211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-88181932256025348932015-07-14T06:06:15.895-04:002015-07-14T06:06:15.895-04:00Caution: such books if successful may increase the...Caution: such books if successful may increase the number of crackpots/charlatans exponentially, especially in hep-th physics.<br /><br />Public's interest in science is a good thing as long as the irrelevant people restrain themselves from expressing uneducated opinions on things they don't understand.<br /><br />Same goes for science communicators and professional scientists who are Giotishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01538762241438887298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-3463990568558748592015-07-14T02:26:43.859-04:002015-07-14T02:26:43.859-04:00"Phillip: EDM in general, I'm not a fan o...<i>"Phillip: EDM in general, I'm not a fan of acid in particular."</i><br /><br />OK. In <i>Der Teil und das Ganze</i>, Heisenberg mentions that he enjoys Hausmusik. :-)<br />Phillip Helbighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12067585245603436809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-66311016535490079612015-07-13T15:01:42.023-04:002015-07-13T15:01:42.023-04:00I know I'm only digging myself a deeper hole, ...I know I'm only digging myself a deeper hole, but "batter" refers back to the previous "When you put a ball in play (by hitting it with a bat after it is thrown by a pitcher)...". That is, the batter is the one who hits the pitched ball with a bat (a sort of wooden club).<br /><br />It would have been a better explanation had I thought to find some online videos which JimVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10198704789965278981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-85464023409028999572015-07-13T14:43:30.320-04:002015-07-13T14:43:30.320-04:00"But I do not have the slightest idea why som...<i>"But I do not have the slightest idea why somebody would want to spend hours trying to throw a ball into a basket..."</i><br /><br />I think the point is to try to throw a ball into a basket against opposition. There is a combination of physical skills and of tactics and guile involved. It is a competitive performance things.Arunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03451666670728177970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-69490739494624228932015-07-13T14:23:15.472-04:002015-07-13T14:23:15.472-04:00I think the reason people play sports is captured ...I think the reason people play sports is captured in the title of the book: Eureka! I mean, I prefer to work on art pieces and study maths myself, but I've also always been athletic and the joy is really the same regardless. In High School I was reasonably good at the pole-vault (placed at State), and in my Marine Corps years I was a competitive power lifter and I would suggest that athletic PonderSeekDiscoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00913503952284529871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-85859269220890500082015-07-13T11:02:58.699-04:002015-07-13T11:02:58.699-04:00JimV, You lost me at 'batter'...JimV, You lost me at 'batter'... Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-8151271858392988742015-07-13T10:59:58.610-04:002015-07-13T10:59:58.610-04:00Phillip: EDM in general, I'm not a fan of acid...Phillip: EDM in general, I'm not a fan of acid in particular. Today I heroically self-corrected a "relieve" into "relief" before you could tell me to do so ;) Best, SabineSabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-55073260904344453832015-07-13T10:49:26.058-04:002015-07-13T10:49:26.058-04:00" “Look, Think, Test, Tell" TEST. 45 y..."<i> “Look, Think, Test, Tell</i>" <b>TEST</b>. 45 years of theory remain theoretical (quantum gravitation, SUSY, dark matter). There's a roach in the raisin pudding. "<i>baking is black magic</i>" Maillard reaction. NaHCO3 pH-buffers Kitchen Bouquet when searing meat into pyrazines. <i>Basketball</i>, hockey, soccer - pray for fistfights. <i>Science is only for a Uncle Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05056804084187606211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-31717319977445566352015-07-13T09:48:02.094-04:002015-07-13T09:48:02.094-04:00The Infield Fly Rule (which you really didn't ...The Infield Fly Rule (which you really didn't want to know, but it's a chance to comment on something I sort of know about) (disclaimer: I haven't read the rule book on it, but heard it explained by sports announcers - who don't always know what they are taking about):<br /><br />First you have to know what a "force-out" is. No, first you have to know what bases are. JimVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10198704789965278981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-78998767475100036672015-07-13T08:36:42.074-04:002015-07-13T08:36:42.074-04:00"house music"
As in "acid house&qu...<i>"house music"</i><br /><br />As in "acid house" or as in Hausmusik? :-)<br />Phillip Helbighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12067585245603436809noreply@blogger.com