tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post6548371192266148683..comments2023-09-27T07:44:19.769-04:00Comments on Sabine Hossenfelder: Backreaction: Bullshit with EquationsSabine Hossenfelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-48380546264411328722008-11-13T09:29:00.000-05:002008-11-13T09:29:00.000-05:00Hi Phil,It got me to thinking, about what's in fro...Hi Phil,<BR/><BR/>It got me to thinking, about what's in front, and what's behind.:) Really now, I mean in regards the nose with regard too, "memory and emotions."<BR/><BR/> <I>Could it be that olfactory receptors most readily receive information from the physical world and therefore are readily able to code memories for things like emotion or events? </I><BR/><BR/>You would have to know of a "PlatoHagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00849253658526056393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-72926735864139150572008-11-13T08:00:00.000-05:002008-11-13T08:00:00.000-05:00Hi Plato,“Theory then, in mind, is a gradual proce...Hi Plato,<BR/><BR/>“Theory then, in mind, is a gradual process, from the idea to the ideal?”<BR/><BR/>In my view it comes down to being the difference in the roles played by inductive and deductive reasoning. One could say inductive reasoning is to recognize your nose as being in front of your face and deductive is to consider why? <BR/><BR/>As I see it then the fact that all noses one observes Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-36042553674463873702008-11-12T12:03:00.000-05:002008-11-12T12:03:00.000-05:00Bee, Bullshit! Bullshit? You need to place a brac...Bee, <BR/><BR/> Bullshit! Bullshit? You need to place a bracket after "it" to complete the paraphrasing. Maybe you can elaborate more when you have time. Moshe or any others who would help to define this better. <BR/><BR/> <I>William Thurston of Cornell, the author of a deeper conjecture that includes Poincaré’s and that is now apparently proved, said, “Math is really about the human mind, about PlatoHagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00849253658526056393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-18634690427223907042008-11-12T02:55:00.000-05:002008-11-12T02:55:00.000-05:00Hi mat, Nathan,thanks for the links and the explan...Hi mat, Nathan,<BR/><BR/>thanks for the links and the explanations about the public lectures on PIRSA!<BR/><BR/>Best, Stefanstefanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09495628046446378453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-27849144287629191302008-11-11T17:20:00.000-05:002008-11-11T17:20:00.000-05:00Yeh but it's still bullshit! Equations have two si...Yeh but it's still bullshit! Equations have two sides and one side is just a different view of the other side, I think if the universe could think it would think "this sounds scarily close to bullshit" and who are them idiots in the middle that observe both sides? Thats not a contradiction?Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14235808412345041294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-12598893378760772402008-11-11T15:27:00.000-05:002008-11-11T15:27:00.000-05:00Sorry forgot to add that due to copywrite issues w...Sorry forgot to add that due to copywrite issues with his book, Brian Greene's lecture wasn't recorded for PI.Sunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12291838867261521538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-85051525302619024882008-11-11T14:53:00.000-05:002008-11-11T14:53:00.000-05:00Public Lectures are on PIRSA. PIRSA #C04001 or yo...Public Lectures are on PIRSA. PIRSA #C04001 or you can go on PI website at http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/Outreach/Public_Lectures/View_Past_Public_Lectures/<BR/><BR/>Frank's lecture is not up yet but should be in a a few weeksSunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12291838867261521538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-17421968052987572632008-11-11T12:02:00.000-05:002008-11-11T12:02:00.000-05:00Theory predicts observation. Gravitation is class...Theory predicts observation. Gravitation is classical metric (isotropic vacuum) and teleparallel (chiral vacuum), or quantized (sans prediction). Only socks or left shoes <I>plus</I> right shoes detect a left foot. <BR/><BR/>Do opposite shoes vacuum free fall identically? Crystals in enantiomorphic space groups P3(1)21 and P3(2)21 (quartz) are atomic mass distribution shoes. A parity Eötvös Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-24628704709794965132008-11-11T07:38:00.000-05:002008-11-11T07:38:00.000-05:00Hi Bee,Just as a follow up I would like to point o...Hi Bee,<BR/><BR/>Just as a follow up I would like to point out <A HREF="http://streamer.perimeterinstitute.ca/mediasite/viewer/NoPopupRedirector.aspx?peid=521ed5da-02d5-42ee-8bf5-a6bcf342af31&shouldResize=False" REL="nofollow">the PI public lecture</A> with the highest level of what I would call razzle dazzle content that I’ve ever seen presented. At first I thought perhaps this is all it would Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-61678607896372948372008-11-11T07:03:00.000-05:002008-11-11T07:03:00.000-05:00Hi Bee,“But if it is bullshit, then at least it's ...Hi Bee,<BR/><BR/>“But if it is bullshit, then at least it's bullshit with equations.”<BR/><BR/>Well now you have me feeling a little sad as I wasn’t online in time to get a ticket to see Prof. Wilczek’s lecture last week. The way things have been going lately it would be easier to get Leafs tickets:-) As Mat noted eventually they do end up on PIRSA, yet as he also reminded they have been really Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-89940051805243176882008-11-10T20:16:00.000-05:002008-11-10T20:16:00.000-05:00Most of the Public lectures are onlinehttp://www.p...Most of the Public lectures are online<BR/><BR/>http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/Outreach/Public_Lectures/View_Past_Public_Lectures/<BR/><BR/>or directly on PIRSA, but PI has been quite slow to put the most recent ones online. Last time I checked Brian Greene's public lecture was still not there (nor any of the other recent ones)...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-89291768132336335842008-11-10T19:37:00.000-05:002008-11-10T19:37:00.000-05:00I wonder if anyone has ever had the nerve to hint ...I wonder if anyone has ever had the nerve to hint to FW that most people regard his axion cosmology as bullshit. [The others regard it as not even bullshit....]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-78033902045378236452008-11-10T18:27:00.000-05:002008-11-10T18:27:00.000-05:00Brings to mind Cliff Burgess' quip about the Drake...Brings to mind Cliff Burgess' quip about the Drake equation. To paraphrase, it demonstrates that just because you can write an equation doesn't mean you know what's going on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-58687108767439655652008-11-10T18:26:00.000-05:002008-11-10T18:26:00.000-05:00The lecture by Ben Schumacher may be of interest t...The lecture by Ben Schumacher may be of interest to Phil? Since lecture took place on 5th, how long does it take to Pirsa?<BR/><BR/>"<I>to observe something, you have to create it</I>"....I kind of find this a little troubling. It always had ot be there in order to observe it?<BR/><BR/>Best,PlatoHagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00849253658526056393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-22524736586813224162008-11-10T18:09:00.000-05:002008-11-10T18:09:00.000-05:00Ah, Frank Wilczek... BTW, are the public lectures ...Ah, Frank Wilczek... BTW, are the public lectures on PIRSA?<BR/><BR/>Cheers,Stefanstefanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09495628046446378453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-43934520867445607002008-11-10T17:39:00.000-05:002008-11-10T17:39:00.000-05:00So very awesome.So very awesome.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00628726080439128859noreply@blogger.com