Comments on: Dark Forces Revisited http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/02/27/dark-forces-revisited/ Random samplings from a universe of ideas. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:17:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Sean http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/02/27/dark-forces-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-64738 Sean Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:06:18 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/02/27/dark-forces-revisited/#comment-64738 Robert -- no, we don't. Then again, I'm not especially convinced by the anthropic arguments for those things, either (especially the Higgs). Robert — no, we don’t. Then again, I’m not especially convinced by the anthropic arguments for those things, either (especially the Higgs).

]]> By: Robert http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/02/27/dark-forces-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-64722 Robert Sat, 28 Feb 2009 11:44:26 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/02/27/dark-forces-revisited/#comment-64722 do you also have an anthropic excuse for your unnaturalness assumptions, like they were put forward for the cosmological constant and the Higgs mass? do you also have an anthropic excuse for your unnaturalness assumptions, like they were put forward for the cosmological constant and the Higgs mass?

]]> By: Lab Lemming http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/02/27/dark-forces-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-64707 Lab Lemming Sat, 28 Feb 2009 08:45:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/02/27/dark-forces-revisited/#comment-64707 Perhaps if *I* blog about their papers, and do it really badly, they might be forced to issue correcting and clarifying statements. If I do it persistently, I might even get a job offer writing press releases for a university. Perhaps if *I* blog about their papers, and do it really badly, they might be forced to issue correcting and clarifying statements. If I do it persistently, I might even get a job offer writing press releases for a university.

]]> By: michael s pierce http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/02/27/dark-forces-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-64653 michael s pierce Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:39:19 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/02/27/dark-forces-revisited/#comment-64653 Haha! I was an undergraduate with Sonny years ago. Small world. Tell him hello and that I've abandoned all manner of pretense about being a theorist. Oddly enough I was a grad student at UW while Stubbs was there too. Michael Haha!

I was an undergraduate with Sonny years ago. Small world. Tell him hello and that I’ve abandoned all manner of pretense about being a theorist. Oddly enough I was a grad student at UW while Stubbs was there too.

Michael

]]> By: Sean http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/02/27/dark-forces-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-64651 Sean Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:27:31 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/02/27/dark-forces-revisited/#comment-64651 They don't always blog about their papers. Maybe we can mock them into doing so? They don’t always blog about their papers. Maybe we can mock them into doing so?

]]> By: Lab Lemming http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/02/27/dark-forces-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-64649 Lab Lemming Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:06:23 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/02/27/dark-forces-revisited/#comment-64649 Hey Sean, Do your co-bloggers also blog their publications, or are you just going on a productivity rampage these past few months? Hey Sean,
Do your co-bloggers also blog their publications, or are you just going on a productivity rampage these past few months?

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