tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post9089644202992886152..comments2023-09-27T07:44:19.769-04:00Comments on Sabine Hossenfelder: Backreaction: So what do you do?Sabine Hossenfelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-29058405169686768602010-03-28T06:41:23.155-04:002010-03-28T06:41:23.155-04:00I actually didn't write "ohmmm," but...I actually didn't write "ohmmm," but "ooohm." More ???, less Zen. Best,<br /><br />B.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-27128648936645062812010-03-28T06:38:05.246-04:002010-03-28T06:38:05.246-04:00Just thinking about it....ohmmmm..in it's own ...Just thinking about it....ohmmmm..in it's own right for sure as Georg mentions but more to the idea I think that it is a German translation of ummmm(sort of like).....and not some mantra distillation "of a note" that resounds through all of experience as if in 1000 voices?<br /><br />It might of went quicker if you would have added "eh!" to the last of your sentence, to PlatoHagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00849253658526056393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-14183145165257963362010-03-27T18:14:04.213-04:002010-03-27T18:14:04.213-04:00Hi Steven,
...given the current paranoia over te...Hi Steven,<br /><br /><i> ...given the current paranoia over terrorism, combined with Canada's somewhat porous border into the US </i> <br /><br />I would totally agree with the first part of your statement, yet say the last part tells me your political leaders and media have done a good job on you with this piece of misinformation to have others to blame rather than having public scrutiny Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-19624307834109334562010-03-27T17:07:25.028-04:002010-03-27T17:07:25.028-04:00Hi Bee,
Perhaps it was all on account of your exp...Hi Bee,<br /><br />Perhaps it was all on account of your expired work permit or perhaps because you changed your appearance with dying your hair Then again I wonder how often the what do you do guestion is answered with theoretical physicist and thought perhaps it was a back handed comment. Another possibility was he was simply a fan, after all he did come up with your PI reference page prettyPhil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-69178839428396033702010-03-27T17:03:36.409-04:002010-03-27T17:03:36.409-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-76700872795743900022010-03-27T12:34:24.084-04:002010-03-27T12:34:24.084-04:00Hi Bee,
It would have been literally hilarious (a...Hi Bee,<br /><br />It would have been literally hilarious (at least telling it, not living it live!) if he had got with you into the ever-deepest questions about the Universe:"Is Graviton a measurable phenomenon?", or "Do you think superstring theory is the right way to unify genral relativity and quantum theory?"... I can also imagine you could have come across a guy Jérôme Chauvethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02545307794681614263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-833881906139468982010-03-27T11:32:07.272-04:002010-03-27T11:32:07.272-04:00Innocent persons cannot survive interrogation. Gu...Innocent persons cannot survive interrogation. Guilty persons often shoot back. Management earns performance bonuses for filling holding cells with cooperative prisoners. Radiation doses in scanner booths are not measured.<br /><br />1) Yawn. Terrorists are not bored. You fall off the profile.<br />2) Fake a French accent and say, "I return to Canada following my heart."<br />3) <Uncle Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05056804084187606211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-87707149172882708052010-03-27T09:27:23.376-04:002010-03-27T09:27:23.376-04:00One month before 9/11/2001 I went to a conference ...One month before 9/11/2001 I went to a conference on cosmology in England. When I arrived (from Brazil) the officer asked me about the purpose of my visit to England, and I replied. Then he asked: - "Hmm. And what is cosmology?". I, tired and sleepy, starred at him in surprise, and realized he was really serious. Then I simply replied in a bombastic way, as if lecturing on a negligent Christine Cordula Dantashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05271747374185459530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-72916162357743057552010-03-27T08:04:49.280-04:002010-03-27T08:04:49.280-04:00I think "resistance" of France introduce...I think "resistance" of France introduced <br />the "oohm"<br />Could'nt resist....<br />GeorgGeorghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02538391164351204407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-44889036341218107392010-03-27T07:06:48.630-04:002010-03-27T07:06:48.630-04:00The "oohm" is a rather late addition to ...The "oohm" is a rather late addition to my vocabulary. I used to just stare at people when thinking about what to say but figured it makes them nervous. I would recommend every terrorist make plenty use of "oohm" ;-p Best,<br /><br />B.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-56487573908162312812010-03-27T06:57:58.066-04:002010-03-27T06:57:58.066-04:00Bee, given the current paranoia over terrorism, co...Bee, given the current paranoia over terrorism, combined with Canada's somewhat porous border into the US, I'm sure saying you worked on something "Dark" and you're a "Collaborator" may have set off a few bells and whistles in the mind of a Canadian who never heard of the "Perimeter" institute, which come to think of it probably set off another bell/Steven Colyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435759210177642257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-20539415303191859562010-03-27T06:40:17.929-04:002010-03-27T06:40:17.929-04:00LOL
Obviously Security has an advantage of a load...LOL<br /><br />Obviously Security has an advantage of a loaded question, and can detain you more as to question you about, and keep you there, until they are satisfied.<br /><br />It's true, people are generally interested in what you do.<br /><br />Best,PlatoHagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00849253658526056393noreply@blogger.com