tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post899345551691243668..comments2023-09-27T07:44:19.769-04:00Comments on Sabine Hossenfelder: Backreaction: InternaSabine Hossenfelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comBlogger81125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-6504444471340631482010-06-09T02:03:55.920-04:002010-06-09T02:03:55.920-04:00This kind of information is very limited on intern...This kind of information is very limited on internet. Nice to find the post related to my searching criteria. Your updated and informative post will be appreciated by blog loving people.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.online-dissertation-help.com/dissertation_help.htm" rel="nofollow">Dissertation writing help</a>Dissertation Writing servicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03594149383959537902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-47860365572771560922009-12-22T00:54:39.358-05:002009-12-22T00:54:39.358-05:00Sean:So the question is: how can the comment secti...<a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/12/10/a-policy-question-comments/" title="<br />A Policy Question-Comments" rel="nofollow">Sean</a>:<i>So the question is: how can the comment sections be better? To decode this for our more innocent readers: how can we increase the signal-to-noise ratio? Increasing the signal is one obvious way, but that’s hard.</i><br /><br />It is PlatoHagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00849253658526056393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-1463916837463758492009-12-21T23:53:35.038-05:002009-12-21T23:53:35.038-05:00It's really quite simple.
Whoever controls th...It's really quite simple.<br /><br />Whoever controls the blog can define "nonsense" and <br />"correctness" however he/she sees fit.<br /><br />If you don't like the local definition, move on and stop wasting our time!<br /><br />UlrichAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-73809367931214285552009-12-21T15:26:54.614-05:002009-12-21T15:26:54.614-05:00Hi Andrew,
Well I can see you’ve tempered your vi...Hi Andrew,<br /><br />Well I can see you’ve tempered your view, which is indicative of a quality which I made no mistake about and that is your ability to listen and consider. Also, I’m not claiming to have had earth shaking ideas, yet rather have had myself recognized over time as both bit of a innovator and go to guy when it comes to problem solving. You might also find it strange to learn Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-19733392084027363232009-12-21T14:33:50.427-05:002009-12-21T14:33:50.427-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-33880853857242806132009-12-21T13:34:30.623-05:002009-12-21T13:34:30.623-05:00Hi Phil, like I say, good ideas mean big bucks, wh...Hi Phil, like I say, good ideas mean big bucks, which is why the American system of venture capital is so strong. People get rich on good ideas - there's a huge demand for good ideas. I don't care if it's technology or physics.<br /><br /><em>"is not simply a hypothesis of mine, but rather one I’ve actually proven personally."</em><br /><br />Well, if you'd had the idea Andrew Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03852211910001840777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-6514934735770516882009-12-21T12:30:19.215-05:002009-12-21T12:30:19.215-05:00Hi Andrew,
”I always think this when people compl...Hi Andrew,<br /><br /><i>”I always think this when people complain that its hard to get ideas taken-up by companies, be it for inventions or for TV show ideas or for physics theories.”</i><br /><br />First let me make it clear that I hold no empathy for those of which some have complained, yet quite the opposite. However, this statement of yours I’ve noted indicates a naïveté that I would not Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-67213231751246965422009-12-21T12:01:55.475-05:002009-12-21T12:01:55.475-05:00Phil: "I would however not suffer the pains i...Phil: <em>"I would however not suffer the pains in having my ideas dismissed time and time again, yet persist in the search of other possible candidates as to have it be accepted."</em><br /><br />It would be better to figure out why the theory was dismissed, and ask a few hard questions of yourself, before you go submitting it unchanged to someone else.<br /><br />The thing is, there Andrew Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03852211910001840777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-14225305920576341052009-12-21T12:00:57.269-05:002009-12-21T12:00:57.269-05:00Andrew, well again I prefer Bee's approachabil...Andrew, well again I prefer Bee's approachability and her willingness to spend effort and time to explain things, than these arrogant, ironical remarks. This demonstrates clearly the unique character of Bee. That being said, it's not that I don't find this kind of clogging of the comment threads annoying sometimes. I do:-)Giotisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-34763919745803557412009-12-21T11:43:03.597-05:002009-12-21T11:43:03.597-05:00All I can say as a personal reflection is if I hel...All I can say as a personal reflection is if I held as deep a conviction about a theory as some here claim having, I would go to almost any length to have it published; even if it did require some minimal attainment of the credentials to have it be so considered. If this where to fail I would search for someone who was so qualified as perhaps they would champion the idea, even if it meant I may Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-13301204570674109092009-12-21T11:27:16.321-05:002009-12-21T11:27:16.321-05:00Sean Carroll also makes some interesting points ab...Sean Carroll also makes some interesting points about comments on blogs <a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/12/10/a-policy-question-comments/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. I particularly enjoyed: <em>"You know of whom I speak: the guy who has read the first chapter of The Elegant Universe and come away convinced that he knows more about how spacetime really works than Andrew Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03852211910001840777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-9055585098245614102009-12-21T11:05:38.875-05:002009-12-21T11:05:38.875-05:00Lead and lead, are used in different contexts but ...<a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/lead" title="To show the way to by going in advance or, To result in by a series of steps" rel="nofollow">Lead and lead</a>, are used in different contexts but express the same thing.<br /><br />The Universe I am sure does not care which.:)<br /><br />Best,PlatoHagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00849253658526056393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-15430424444881942032009-12-21T10:56:03.177-05:002009-12-21T10:56:03.177-05:00Sean Carroll:These folks aren’t crackpots, but the...<a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/11/01/dark-matter-still-existing/" title="Dark Matter-Still Existing" rel="nofollow">Sean Carroll</a>:<i>These folks aren’t crackpots, but they still face the challenge laid out in the <a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/06/19/the-alternative-science-respectability-checklist/" title="The Alternative-Science PlatoHagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00849253658526056393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-38991317658597122232009-12-21T10:29:21.071-05:002009-12-21T10:29:21.071-05:00Hi Andrew,
I would suggest there is a difference ...Hi Andrew,<br /><br />I would suggest there is a difference between tolerance and surrender, that some on both sides fail to recognize. This not only applies to policies of conduct with respect to blogs , yet more importantly the greater world that they stand in reflection of.<br /><br />Best,<br /><br />PhilPhil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-57683720876724953022009-12-21T10:20:11.623-05:002009-12-21T10:20:11.623-05:00"I go on and delete the stuff without even tr...<em>"I go on and delete the stuff without even trying to explain why"</em> - if they break the house rules, you are perfectly at liberty to do it.<br /><br />If Galileo posted something grossly off-topic on my blog, I'd delete it and ban him. I am feeling more sympathy for the inquisition every day.Andrew Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03852211910001840777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-41794795787600032662009-12-21T10:03:06.842-05:002009-12-21T10:03:06.842-05:00Comment threat, well, that is one of my more amusi...Comment threat, well, that is one of my more amusing typos :-)Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-85734816030492978322009-12-21T10:00:17.483-05:002009-12-21T10:00:17.483-05:00Yah. You see, I'm old enough to have learned r...Yah. You see, I'm old enough to have learned rational argumentation doesn't always work, but I still think it's at least worth a try. You're right however in that too much tolerance makes reading these comment threats a real pain. The problem is if I go on and delete the stuff without even trying to explain why, I am afraid it will just encourage these people (Galileo! Censorship!Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-40860046079970620042009-12-21T09:51:28.825-05:002009-12-21T09:51:28.825-05:00Yeah, like I suggested earlier, she should just de...Yeah, like I suggested earlier, she should just delete these posts immediately and not enter a discussion. That is only in agreement with the rules at the bottom: <em>"If you want to introduce a topic different from the one that is posted, please consider starting a blog of your own instead."</em> Otherwise, all these grim comments are going to strangle this blog, which would be a real Andrew Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03852211910001840777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-33588986593628866042009-12-21T09:30:40.369-05:002009-12-21T09:30:40.369-05:00Andrew, that's Bee's decision and this is ...Andrew, that's Bee's decision and this is her blog. If you look the thread, Bee has responded to every single post and each answer triggered another post. So these long, exhausting debates are her choice.Giotisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-1286529034116517062009-12-21T09:09:55.906-05:002009-12-21T09:09:55.906-05:00Hi Christine,
I would agree there exist a danger ...Hi Christine,<br /><br />I would agree there exist a danger as you express, yet not from them being falsifiable as to be better yet although even if proven to be wrong, that in some way correct considered superior to ones that have problems of falsification at this point . That’s to recognize that while on one hand GR is superior to Newtonian mechanics this doesn’t have the latter as completelyPhil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-19407733341718149842009-12-21T09:05:49.862-05:002009-12-21T09:05:49.862-05:00Giotis said: "Personally I would prefer to li...Giotis said: <em>"Personally I would prefer to live in a society that could tolerate and listen such voices than to live in a dictatorship of the experts."</em><br /><br />Fair enough. I just wish they'd post their stuff on blogs I don't have to read instead of screwing-up every thread which Bee puts together. There's a time and a place for everything. But it isn't here.Andrew Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03852211910001840777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-57355566707205922822009-12-21T08:51:53.883-05:002009-12-21T08:51:53.883-05:00Personally I would prefer to live in a society tha...Personally I would prefer to live in a society that could tolerate and listen such voices than to live in a dictatorship of the experts. The citizen has the right to participate and express his opinion about everything. Authority uses the overspecialization of the scientific fields to persuade the people that their opinion has no value since they lack the necessary expertise. Instead they are Giotisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-16746666622036994502009-12-21T08:18:49.133-05:002009-12-21T08:18:49.133-05:00Hi Christine,
Yes, I noticed the same. I think th...Hi Christine,<br /><br />Yes, I noticed the same. I think there's quite some misunderstanding going on there what it means for a theory to be scientific and what a prediction is. It is quite astonishing how outright hostile many of these people are (where you would think they should be interested). Maybe a good topic for a separate post. Best,<br /><br />B.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-16570712127131966242009-12-21T08:14:19.351-05:002009-12-21T08:14:19.351-05:00Hi Phil,
Whatever they are called, I only hope th...Hi Phil,<br /><br />Whatever they are called, I only hope there is room for mutual understanding and learning.<br /><br />Best,<br />ChristineChristinehttp://egregium.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-55470710140129226482009-12-21T08:11:43.431-05:002009-12-21T08:11:43.431-05:00Maybe I'm going quite off-topic here, but anot...Maybe I'm going quite off-topic here, but another issue that is delicate and worrisome, I think, is the rise of very speculative and untestable theories in certain fronts, and this have been leaving room for a recent phenomenon that I have noticed. "Crackpots" have been arguing that their theories are simpler and "testable" as compared to those speculative (but yet Christinehttp://egregium.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com