Comments on: Thank You http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2011/01/27/thank-you/ Random samplings from a universe of ideas. Fri, 25 May 2012 13:10:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Sad http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2011/01/27/thank-you/comment-page-1/#comment-152898 Sad Fri, 28 Jan 2011 12:04:23 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/?p=6103#comment-152898 I don't know, there is something about this articles I find horribly depressing. Not sure what. I don’t know, there is something about this articles I find horribly depressing. Not sure what.

]]> By: Mike http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2011/01/27/thank-you/comment-page-1/#comment-152860 Mike Thu, 27 Jan 2011 20:05:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/?p=6103#comment-152860 Quite apart from psmith Says' big question, I'm taken that all of the teachers cited were women. I'm sure there must have been a couple of thank yous from men, but I just wanted to take the opportunity to say that as a species we're certainly lucky to have women. Quite apart from psmith Says’ big question, I’m taken that all of the teachers cited were women. I’m sure there must have been a couple of thank yous from men, but I just wanted to take the opportunity to say that as a species we’re certainly lucky to have women.

]]> By: psmith http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2011/01/27/thank-you/comment-page-1/#comment-152857 psmith Thu, 27 Jan 2011 19:31:54 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/?p=6103#comment-152857 The DonorsChoose model is elegant and effective. Full marks to the people who created it. But I am going to go off topic. The NY Times has published a short review for Brian Greene's book <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/27/books/27book.html?ref=science" rel="nofollow">'The Hidden Reality'</a>. A more knowledgeable review from you, Sean, would be most welcome. The final part of the review quotes Greene as follows “My taste is for the expansive, but I draw the line at ideas that have no possibility of being confronted meaningfully by experiment or observation, not because of human frailty or technological hurdles but because of the proposals’ inherent nature.” A sentiment that I heartily agree with. Which brings me to my second question. In our current understanding of cosmology, where are the boundaries that delineate 'ideas that have no possibility of being confronted meaningfully by experiment or observation'? That is probably a big question that needs an entire blog posting just to summarise the answer, or maybe not, either way I look forward to your thoughts on the question. The DonorsChoose model is elegant and effective. Full marks to the people who created it.

But I am going to go off topic. The NY Times has published a short review for Brian Greene’s book ‘The Hidden Reality’. A more knowledgeable review from you, Sean, would be most welcome.

The final part of the review quotes Greene as follows “My taste is for the expansive, but I draw the line at ideas that have no possibility of being confronted meaningfully by experiment or observation, not because of human frailty or technological hurdles but because of the proposals’ inherent nature.”

A sentiment that I heartily agree with.

Which brings me to my second question. In our current understanding of cosmology, where are the boundaries that delineate ‘ideas that have no possibility of being confronted meaningfully by experiment or observation’? That is probably a big question that needs an entire blog posting just to summarise the answer, or maybe not, either way I look forward to your thoughts on the question.

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