Comments on: Downshifting

By: MedallionOfFerret

MedallionOfFerret — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:00:21 +0000

“Shane! Shane! Come back, Shane!”

—Brandon DeWilde

By: Arun

Arun — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 01:30:06 +0000

When will Sean direct his next hi at us?

By: Avoiding grown-up discussion « Open Parachute

Avoiding grown-up discussion « Open Parachute — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:31:27 +0000

[...] Sean does say his hiatus will not be permanent (see Downshifting). And other contributors to the Cosmic Variance blog will [...]

By: tumbledried

tumbledried — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 01:04:39 +0000

Have a nice break Sean!

In terms of general stuff to look at, I’m not sure if its really likely to be of interest to you, but you might like to have a look at arxiv:1002.0077v2, on jet bundles. Quite interesting gadgets; in a certain way they generalise the idea of tangent space that is used in general relativity. I think there is probably some potentially very interesting applied mathematics that could be developed using them.

best wishes,

By: JoAnne

JoAnne — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 18:24:40 +0000

I think this will last about….oh….2 weeks.

By: Chad J. Cuddihy

Chad J. Cuddihy — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 18:21:11 +0000

Understandable, but a bummer nonetheless.

By: Twitterification of the blogosphere | #noncommutative

Twitterification of the blogosphere | #noncommutative — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 13:48:59 +0000

[...] Sean Carroll announced (and twittered) he’ll suspend blogging at Cosmic Variance in order to concentrate on his [...]

By: Yair - A silent reader

Yair - A silent reader — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 08:02:28 +0000

Dear Prof. Carroll,

Best of wishes for a productive and satisfying hiatus.
Its a privilege to get a glimpse of your informal thoughts, via the blog.

Despite my full confidence in your colleague bloggers, I would be anxiously awaiting your return, potentially armed with some new – hiatus generated – scientific insights.

Yair

By: Brian137

Brian137 — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 02:56:08 +0000

Good luck, Sean, you are a skilled and thoughtful writer. Just when I get a bit titillated by this,
http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/42957 , BAM! – here comes the icy water. Well, have fun. I wish you the best.

By: Ulrich

Ulrich — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 02:39:20 +0000

Right then, I’ll settle the issue myself.

When one speaks of religion, then one needs to distinguish between Theism and Deism.

Theism and science are fundamentally incompatible [see Stuart Hampshire, "Spinoza and Spinozism"]. If one wants to retain both in one’s mind then one needs to compartmentalize them. This seems a bit schizophrenic to me, but go ahead if it floats your boat.

More importantly, Deism and science are not mutually exclusive. There need be no conflict at all.

So the man of wisdom does not say that science and religion are incompatible. He leaves that to the short-hitters and the axe-grinders.

By: lookylou

lookylou — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 23:13:12 +0000

Somehow I doubt Sean will be gone long as there’s lots of ego involved in writing 80-90% (probably conservative) of the total wordage here.

By: erik

erik — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 19:34:46 +0000

You’re like the main person I read on here.

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 19:29:06 +0000

Hope you’re not away too long, Sean. I’ve really enjoyed your posts, but I surely understand that you’ve got more important things to do.

By: Spiv

Spiv — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 17:00:19 +0000

Well dang. I’ve been following since PU. I greedily hope you will return.

By: Ed hessler

Ed hessler — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:55:32 +0000

You make the journey graceful as well as wise. I wish you well and may the wind be at your back.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:17:22 +0000

Good riddance. I’ve gotten right tired of all the insightful, witty, incredible well-articulated commentary on recent happens in the fantastic world of modern science.

By: CW

CW — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:04:56 +0000

I hope you come back soon. Your blog is one of my favorites.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:50:43 +0000

Sean, may the force be with you during your time off and may you have great enjoyment solving equations and writing papers.

PS. Darn! Now I have to go back to reading my boring mechanical engineering stuff. HAHA

Everyone needs a break.

By: CoffeeCupContrails

CoffeeCupContrails — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:16:31 +0000

See, this is why I tell people to never email emotional letters or blog your thoughts, late in the evenings or at nights.

That’s how I ended up quitting facebook… which wasn’t that bad though.

Still, just got Eternity this week; looking forward to reading your book until you get back , so I’m not going to miss you as much!

By: jpd

jpd — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 11:13:04 +0000

can we follow you on Twitter?