tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088702729460953718.post1711932805783530219..comments2023-07-23T06:38:11.263-04:00Comments on an adventure in reading: BOOK: The Trouble With Physics by Lee Smolinraidergirl3http://www.blogger.com/profile/03629915042716259349noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088702729460953718.post-51289891061660088822008-10-21T20:46:00.000-04:002008-10-21T20:46:00.000-04:00Grande Smolin Democracia Ya de las Ciencias, Ok.Mi...Grande Smolin Democracia Ya de las Ciencias, Ok.Mil Veces Ok.HRBAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10736751888452056909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088702729460953718.post-32712076631808866632008-09-25T20:48:00.000-04:002008-09-25T20:48:00.000-04:00I didn't get that impression. He felt that too muc...I didn't get that impression. He felt that too much time and resources had been spent on something with absolutely no experimental proof. If it could be proven, then great, but start looking in other directions and ideas. <BR/><BR/>I didn't think he was a string theorist at all, he had spent some time, but mostly, not. It felt like the String theorists were the bullies on campus, and only their friends were allowed to play.raidergirl3https://www.blogger.com/profile/03629915042716259349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088702729460953718.post-45755588613545774442008-09-25T20:40:00.000-04:002008-09-25T20:40:00.000-04:00Smolin's book sounds interesting enough, but I'm g...Smolin's book sounds interesting enough, but I'm getting the impression that his string-theorist persona leaked through. String theorists, like high-energy particle theorists, nearly always believe that they are working on not only the most interesting problem in physics, but the only problem worth bothering with.<BR/><BR/>Now, I used to do research in experimental thermodynamics, and we tended to think that the problems we were working on were actually interesting and important, too.<BR/><BR/>But maybe it's what keeps them going.jnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02315112620351209243noreply@blogger.com