tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post7973721255535353539..comments2023-09-27T07:44:19.769-04:00Comments on Sabine Hossenfelder: Backreaction: Information OverloadSabine Hossenfelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-71203949202997720932008-06-15T14:28:00.000-04:002008-06-15T14:28:00.000-04:00Hi Bee again, That is just it. There is no consens...Hi Bee again, <BR/><BR/>That is just it. There is no consensus on this issue at all and it differs from bureaucacy to institution, from group to group. I think (that is a problem) that this issue is currently out of league with the psychology profession, studies. It's possible that it could become a mainstream issue but why should the media even address this as information or misinformation is Mark A. Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17778645909479260869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-70104763584707036822008-06-15T13:46:00.000-04:002008-06-15T13:46:00.000-04:00Hi Phil,So what are our choices in preventing this...Hi Phil,<BR/><BR/><I>So what are our choices in preventing this, do we educate people on what is a healthy diet, do we restrict or ban certain foods or do we have all to report for their daily rations only given after we weigh and access each one? For me the only acceptable course of action is the first, while all others either lessen or eliminate what we recognize to be an individual. I would Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-71312895026864999472008-06-15T13:34:00.000-04:002008-06-15T13:34:00.000-04:00Hi Anonymous,Yes, all this makes some people think...Hi Anonymous,<BR/><BR/><I>Yes, all this makes some people think I am strange -- but at least I can hear myself think...</I><BR/><BR/>I am very sympathetic to that. As I said to Kaleberg above though, it is very much a matter of personality, and I doubt very many people do have the personality to provoke others of thinking they are strange.<BR/><BR/>As to myself, I've come to like the BB, mostly Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-17267166794450892212008-06-15T13:29:00.000-04:002008-06-15T13:29:00.000-04:00Hi Kaleberg,Why does anyone feel they have to answ...Hi Kaleberg,<BR/><BR/><I>Why does anyone feel they have to answer email immediately</I><BR/><BR/>As I mentioned above, this is very much a problem of peer-pressure and social norms. If all of your friends do so, if everybody at your place of works does so, you'll feel the pressure to also do so or be an outsider. One can be an outsider, but few people have the personality for that. (It might Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-62496529960152970982008-06-15T13:04:00.000-04:002008-06-15T13:04:00.000-04:00Hi Mark,Do you happen to know of any research done...Hi Mark,<BR/><BR/>Do you happen to know of any research done regarding the question of how cellphone use, constant emailing and so on affects the brain directly? I mean, I know of several studies examining stress, productivity, and so on, but have there been neurological studies as to how the direct influence on cognitive ability is?<BR/><BR/><I>At some point a smart individual (this sounds like Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-38063862692222256242008-06-15T01:23:00.000-04:002008-06-15T01:23:00.000-04:00Bee:It has been my habit from the beginning to tre...Bee:<BR/><BR/>It has been my habit from the beginning to treat my email like regular mail: I check it once a day and I answer it at some convenient point over the next week -- if it deserves an answer.<BR/><BR/>I have never carried a cell phone -- I call them electronic leashes and will have nothing to do with them. Ditto for blackberries.<BR/><BR/>If you want to communicate with me in real timeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-78712299114606512592008-06-14T23:06:00.000-04:002008-06-14T23:06:00.000-04:00Garrett,You should try to watch the series called...Garrett,<BR/><BR/>You should try to watch the series called John Adams if you ever get the chance. The time in mail deliveries between the lives of John Adams and Jefferson would have been made it much easier, knowing, that each took their letter writing to each other to the very end.<BR/><BR/>In regard to "Information Overload?"<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://cosmicvariance.com/2008/06/11/PlatoHagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00849253658526056393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-51291295823368355102008-06-14T22:56:00.000-04:002008-06-14T22:56:00.000-04:00Hi Kaleberg,I don’t know if I would take this as f...Hi Kaleberg,<BR/><BR/>I don’t know if I would take this as far as you have with ignoring messages for ten year or only responding to voice mail. This for me is perhaps connected with avoidance and or a little reclusiveness. I deal with such things a little bit differently.<BR/><BR/>When it comes to emails at work, I advise my colleagues not to send me ones that are simply of the look what I’m Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-77953512074768728522008-06-14T22:16:00.000-04:002008-06-14T22:16:00.000-04:00Why does anyone feel they have to answer email imm...Why does anyone feel they have to answer email immediately? I have old, unread messages from over 10 years ago, and as best I can tell, they are still doing fine in my in box. Is this something like the people who just HAVE to answer a phone just because it is ringing? I mean, if it's important, they'll call again or leave a message.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-13563231099098076042008-06-14T21:03:00.000-04:002008-06-14T21:03:00.000-04:00Hi Bee,As in the past there is not much for me to ...Hi Bee,<BR/><BR/>As in the past there is not much for me to say other then to admit I share your concerns. Although I acknowledge most of the symptoms and many of the pathogens I’m not certain, as many here as what to be the cure. <BR/><BR/>I guess you could relate this to obesity which while is not a disease in itself can and does mitigate illnesses which are actually the disease. So can we Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-32230129649264457442008-06-14T14:04:00.000-04:002008-06-14T14:04:00.000-04:00Bee, I know all about information inundation and i...Bee, I know all about information inundation and it is now inherent in the American way of life. At some point a smart individual (this sounds like psychosis) will make a conscious decision to lower this noise. Unfortunately, this does not include most of the population. The massive abuse of cellphone use is eroding cognitive abilites. The brain is exceedingly complex and is composed of regions Mark A. Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17778645909479260869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-53367593004666305142008-06-14T13:49:00.000-04:002008-06-14T13:49:00.000-04:00"One reason that Jefferson, or for that matter Zol..."One reason that Jefferson, or for that matter Zola or Balzac or any of these great figures of the 18th and 19th centuries got so much done, so much more done than people today, is that they didn't have any time-saving or labor-saving devices...If Jefferson were alive today....he'd never finish answering the email." - Tom WolfeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-24767750350672675812008-06-14T11:01:00.000-04:002008-06-14T11:01:00.000-04:00When access requires expertise, limited infrastruc...When access requires expertise, limited infrastructure, physical effort, expenditure... price and cost are coupled - standing on a soap box and shouting included.<BR/><BR/>When price and cost decouple - send to one person and Cc: 200 more without penalty - there ensues a deluge of crap. The mob is very <I>Bell Curve</I>. The worst of it is loudest.<BR/><BR/>What is the cure? Discrimination (Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com