Comments on: After Reading a Child’s Guide to Modern Physics http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/11/01/after-reading-a-childs-guide-to-modern-physics/ Random samplings from a universe of ideas. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:08:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: I Guess; that I do http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/11/01/after-reading-a-childs-guide-to-modern-physics/#comment-21788 I Guess; that I do Mon, 18 Dec 2006 13:24:12 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/11/01/after-reading-a-childs-guide-to-modern-physics/#comment-21788 [...] Monday, December 18th, 2006 in Philosophy Because we don't yet fully understand the origin of these fantastic hierarchies, we can conclude that God exists. Okay, no we can't. Really we can conclude that we live in a multiverse in which all of the constants of nature take on different values in different places. Okay, we can't actually conclude that either. What we can do is keep thinking about it, not jumping to too many conclusions while we try to fill one of those pesky "gaps" in our understanding that people like to insist must be evidence for their personal favorite story of reality. — Sean Carroll [...] […] Monday, December 18th, 2006 in Philosophy Because we don’t yet fully understand the origin of these fantastic hierarchies, we can conclude that God exists. Okay, no we can’t. Really we can conclude that we live in a multiverse in which all of the constants of nature take on different values in different places. Okay, we can’t actually conclude that either. What we can do is keep thinking about it, not jumping to too many conclusions while we try to fill one of those pesky “gaps” in our understanding that people like to insist must be evidence for their personal favorite story of reality. — Sean Carroll […]

]]> By: Murali http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/11/01/after-reading-a-childs-guide-to-modern-physics/#comment-21769 Murali Fri, 10 Nov 2006 18:36:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/11/01/after-reading-a-childs-guide-to-modern-physics/#comment-21769 What we want the knowledge for? That has been a question haunting me for 30 years. What do you want to know more to know that you can not know? Murali What we want the knowledge for? That has been a question haunting me for 30 years.
What do you want to know more to know that you can not know?
Murali

]]> By: Sean http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/11/01/after-reading-a-childs-guide-to-modern-physics/#comment-21773 Sean Sat, 04 Nov 2006 22:39:53 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/11/01/after-reading-a-childs-guide-to-modern-physics/#comment-21773 Awesome. I'll be sending you the number of a Swiss bank account in which you may deposit my prize. Awesome. I’ll be sending you the number of a Swiss bank account in which you may deposit my prize.

]]> By: mollishka http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/11/01/after-reading-a-childs-guide-to-modern-physics/#comment-21772 mollishka Sat, 04 Nov 2006 21:16:34 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/11/01/after-reading-a-childs-guide-to-modern-physics/#comment-21772 Aaand Sean gets a prize, though I'm not sure what exactly the prize is ... I've been searching for the Perfect title for my blog, and "a geocentric view" is the clear winner. So thanks for the post :) Aaand Sean gets a prize, though I’m not sure what exactly the prize is … I’ve been searching for the Perfect title for my blog, and “a geocentric view” is the clear winner. So thanks for the post :)

]]> By: nigel cook http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/11/01/after-reading-a-childs-guide-to-modern-physics/#comment-21771 nigel cook Fri, 03 Nov 2006 10:09:36 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/11/01/after-reading-a-childs-guide-to-modern-physics/#comment-21771 Lab lemming, that's exactly why I calculated the emission time using that mechanism for the ground state using the radiating power of the electron in orbit! It is a check of the quantum mechanism with observations! Lab lemming, that’s exactly why I calculated the emission time using that mechanism for the ground state using the radiating power of the electron in orbit! It is a check of the quantum mechanism with observations!

]]> By: Lab Lemming http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/11/01/after-reading-a-childs-guide-to-modern-physics/#comment-21770 Lab Lemming Fri, 03 Nov 2006 08:37:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/11/01/after-reading-a-childs-guide-to-modern-physics/#comment-21770 nigel, While the math is very cool, the only reason that it is accepted is that somebody has actually measured the time that it takes for an electron to fall back to ground and radiate. I am continually amazed at how well equations can actually describe the universe- especially a universe that allows grad students. But observation is the only way to determine if the universe your equations are describing is the one in which we live. nigel,
While the math is very cool, the only reason that it is accepted is that somebody has actually measured the time that it takes for an electron to fall back to ground and radiate.

I am continually amazed at how well equations can actually describe the universe- especially a universe that allows grad students. But observation is the only way to determine if the universe your equations are describing is the one in which we live.

]]> By: From Sean at Cosmic Variance « Memoir and news comments http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/11/01/after-reading-a-childs-guide-to-modern-physics/#comment-21774 From Sean at Cosmic Variance « Memoir and news comments Thu, 02 Nov 2006 21:30:25 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/11/01/after-reading-a-childs-guide-to-modern-physics/#comment-21774 [...] After Reading a Child’s Guide to Modern Physics | Cosmic Variance [...] […] After Reading a Child’s Guide to Modern Physics | Cosmic Variance […]

]]> By: Robert Gagnon http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/11/01/after-reading-a-childs-guide-to-modern-physics/#comment-21775 Robert Gagnon Thu, 02 Nov 2006 21:27:40 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/11/01/after-reading-a-childs-guide-to-modern-physics/#comment-21775 Yes Sean, you rock my world also. I found this piece via rss feeding to Google Reader and am happy that this technology is part of my thinking world. Yes Sean, you rock my world also. I found this piece via rss feeding to Google Reader and am happy that this technology is part of my thinking world.

]]> By: Joshua http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/11/01/after-reading-a-childs-guide-to-modern-physics/#comment-21776 Joshua Thu, 02 Nov 2006 20:39:16 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/11/01/after-reading-a-childs-guide-to-modern-physics/#comment-21776 What about <a href="http://www.christianblog.com/blog/clayonmyeyes/god-pulls-some-strings/" rel="nofollow"> politicizing science in the interest of christianity?</a> I might be disturbed by this if it wasn't completely insane. Probably this sort of thing is actually quite common and I just don't read the right blogs. What about politicizing science in the interest of christianity?
I might be disturbed by this if it wasn’t completely insane. Probably this sort of thing is actually quite common and I just don’t read the right blogs.

]]> By: Shakti http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/11/01/after-reading-a-childs-guide-to-modern-physics/#comment-21777 Shakti Thu, 02 Nov 2006 17:13:04 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/11/01/after-reading-a-childs-guide-to-modern-physics/#comment-21777 >Because we don't yet fully understand the origin of these > fantastic hierarchies, Maybe Ken Wilson gave us a clue about them? >Because we don’t yet fully understand the origin of these
> fantastic hierarchies,

Maybe Ken Wilson gave us a clue about them?

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