tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post8582102211833849856..comments2023-09-27T07:44:19.769-04:00Comments on Sabine Hossenfelder: Backreaction: This and ThatSabine Hossenfelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-11098397736197056902008-01-03T21:29:00.000-05:002008-01-03T21:29:00.000-05:00Hi Bee,“Regarding the question of time: to begin w...Hi Bee,<BR/><BR/>“Regarding the question of time: to begin with I don't know how one can ask whether time is an 'illusion' without explaining what an illusion is.”<BR/><BR/>If we take it as I understand Smolin has, he considers that an illusion would be something temporary or emergent in nature. In other words, something that is without permanence or a composite of lesser things or beginnings. Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-43933744602614144022008-01-02T18:47:00.000-05:002008-01-02T18:47:00.000-05:00Hi Neil,Thanks. It is maybe just that I am interes...Hi Neil,<BR/><BR/>Thanks. It is maybe just that I am interested in science and progress, generally, what happens, how it works, where we are and where we go, that applies to natural as well as social sciences. I guess that reflects in what I write about, which is not necessarily my own research field. For that reason it is however also a writing inspired often by interest more than by expert Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-7432418529032709002008-01-02T18:14:00.000-05:002008-01-02T18:14:00.000-05:00Uncle: "There is a certain quality to quantity," J...Uncle: "There is a certain quality to quantity," Joseph Vissarionovich Jugashvili.<BR/><BR/>"Everything counts in large amounts." ~ Depeche ModeSabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-12448580761412184172008-01-02T14:56:00.000-05:002008-01-02T14:56:00.000-05:00and deserved.it's a good blog, and one must admit ...and deserved.<BR/>it's a good blog, and one must admit great creative effort put in it.<BR/>happy new year,<BR/>A.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-28616576254890926452008-01-02T12:23:00.000-05:002008-01-02T12:23:00.000-05:00"a formula expressing the value of an experimental...<I>"a formula expressing the value of an experimental result"</I><BR/><BR/>It is not the scientist's surprise upon discovery! All discovery is insubordinate. Colleagues' subsequent outrage is the telling assay. History dotes on riots.<BR/><BR/>"There is a certain quality to quantity," Joseph Vissarionovich Jugashvili.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-39884599997920574342008-01-01T22:47:00.000-05:002008-01-01T22:47:00.000-05:00Hi Bee, The articles on the changes of mind truly ...Hi Bee,<BR/><BR/> The articles on the changes of mind truly are both interesting and indeed thought provoking. Two in particular now will have me go into one of my own pondering modes. The first is a quote taken from that of Lee Smolin, who of course is one of Perimeter’s leading and founding researchers. He is referring here to his change of mind as to time being merely an illusion. He sums Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-78187836961268106392008-01-01T22:32:00.000-05:002008-01-01T22:32:00.000-05:00Sabine's post The Marketplace of Ideas made it int...<I>Sabine's post The Marketplace of Ideas made it into the second Science Blogging Anthology "Open Laboratory 2007".</I><BR/><BR/>Bee has a knack for popularized interdisciplinary/science writing in the good sense (remember James Burke - whatever happened to him? He came up with some good stuff like that such as "Connections.")Neil Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04564859009749481136noreply@blogger.com