tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post7060869595147162827..comments2023-09-27T07:44:19.769-04:00Comments on Sabine Hossenfelder: Backreaction: BurritoSabine Hossenfelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-40670826159625555972014-11-06T13:57:45.402-05:002014-11-06T13:57:45.402-05:00That happens to be my favorite comic strip of all ...That happens to be my favorite comic strip of all time. "...and you should hear the taco." Hee.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-14715858429942054672007-01-31T21:05:00.000-05:002007-01-31T21:05:00.000-05:00The big debate is if at the bottom of the infinite...<i>The big debate is if at the bottom of the infinite stack of tortioses there is an elephant,</i><br /><br />well, as long as the TORTOISES are all equally fat, there is no end of the stack - I thought that's the whole point?Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-87158917641137318922007-01-31T18:39:00.000-05:002007-01-31T18:39:00.000-05:00Obvious! Mathematicians call it "trivial" (somebo...Obvious! Mathematicians call it "trivial" (somebody proved it). <br /><br />It's an elephant then tortoises all the way down, not turtles. Turtles would be silly. "8^>) The big debate is if at the bottom of the infinite stack of tortioses there is an elephant, then Atlas, then the Earth again. Makes for easier boundary conditions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-57044160383559614182007-01-30T20:55:00.000-05:002007-01-30T20:55:00.000-05:00What do you think?
I think they should pick the r...<i>What do you think?</i><br /><br />I think they should pick the referees more carefully ;-) <br /><br />Here's an encouraging story. Last year I sent a paper to CQG. After a very long delay, I received 4 referee reports at once. All said, the paper is correct, but the content is obvious, and not worth publishing. I wrote back: if it's so obvious then why do people repeatedly miss this point, Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-28659746099809857612007-01-30T20:41:00.000-05:002007-01-30T20:41:00.000-05:00I had a paper rejected on the grounds that "the au...I had a paper rejected on the grounds that "the author takes the statements made in paper X much too seriously..." That's right, apparently the author of X did not intend his statements to be taken seriously. I wonder how the referee knew this? Could it be that he has some telepathic connection with the author of X? What do you think?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-44011562069900073322007-01-30T15:50:00.000-05:002007-01-30T15:50:00.000-05:00I like guacamole.
me too. i've smothered 2 pages,...<i>I like guacamole.</i><br /><br />me too. i've smothered 2 pages, lets see what the burrito thinks.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-52882127343141154792007-01-30T15:25:00.000-05:002007-01-30T15:25:00.000-05:00I like guacamole. Maybe if you can smother that b...I like guacamole. Maybe if you can smother that burrito with it?Rae Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10239791074376508016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-36274062825593813242007-01-30T13:30:00.000-05:002007-01-30T13:30:00.000-05:00hah, wait, I know that one! He stands on the back ...hah, wait, I know that one! He stands on the back of an elephant, who stands on turtles, that stand on even more turtles!Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-66050893615352141902007-01-30T13:29:00.000-05:002007-01-30T13:29:00.000-05:00When Atlas carries the Earth, upon what does he st...When <A HREF="http://www.askwhy.co.uk/truth/Atlas1.jpg">Atlas carries the Earth</A>, upon what does he stand? You need a falsifiable observable. Nothing short of religion can argue against empirical reality.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com