Comments on: Some Upcoming Events http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/09/22/some-upcoming-events/ Random samplings from a universe of ideas. Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:46:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Clifford http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/09/22/some-upcoming-events/#comment-20539 Clifford Sat, 23 Sep 2006 20:38:54 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/09/22/some-upcoming-events/#comment-20539 JMG:- Good question. I do not think that anyone knows the answer. It is a well-known anecdotal correlation, indeed. I suspect it is less to do with some innate ability than it is to do with what sort of things attract people who are also attracted to physics..... combined with the "have a go" attitude we also have a tendency to have. -cvj JMG:- Good question. I do not think that anyone knows the answer. It is a well-known anecdotal correlation, indeed. I suspect it is less to do with some innate ability than it is to do with what sort of things attract people who are also attracted to physics….. combined with the “have a go” attitude we also have a tendency to have.

-cvj

]]> By: JMG http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/09/22/some-upcoming-events/#comment-20540 JMG Sat, 23 Sep 2006 15:52:18 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/09/22/some-upcoming-events/#comment-20540 Oh, THAT kind of string - I misread "Seminar" on first pass. But that did bring a thought to mind. To an outsider, accomplished physicists seem to also be accomplished musicians, more likely so than other professions. If so, why is that? Do brains that function well on physics also have a stronger propensity for or need for music? Searching this blog for "music" yields a lot of hits. Biographies of physicists seem mention music as an important aspect of their lives. Is this propensity due more to innate characteristics or to environmental effects? Oh, THAT kind of string - I misread “Seminar” on first pass. But that did bring a thought to mind. To an outsider, accomplished physicists seem to also be accomplished musicians, more likely so than other professions. If so, why is that? Do brains that function well on physics also have a stronger propensity for or need for music? Searching this blog for “music” yields a lot of hits. Biographies of physicists seem mention music as an important aspect of their lives. Is this propensity due more to innate characteristics or to environmental effects?

]]> By: Weird Immigration Stories « Life as a Physicist http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/09/22/some-upcoming-events/#comment-20538 Weird Immigration Stories « Life as a Physicist Sat, 23 Sep 2006 04:50:30 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/09/22/some-upcoming-events/#comment-20538 [...] JoAnne, over at Cosmic Varience, had a crazy one: The customs agent stopped me dead in my tracks. He first asked, "Are you an American." Obviously I answered "yes" straight-away. Then he asked, "OK, then, what is the square root of 98?" [...] […] JoAnne, over at Cosmic Varience, had a crazy one: The customs agent stopped me dead in my tracks. He first asked, “Are you an American.” Obviously I answered “yes” straight-away. Then he asked, “OK, then, what is the square root of 98?” […]

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