Comments on: Lots of things happening around http://dorigo.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/lots-of-things-happening-around/ private thoughts of a physicist and chessplayer Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:50:26 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: dorigo http://dorigo.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/lots-of-things-happening-around/#comment-96948 dorigo Wed, 07 May 2008 15:54:40 +0000 http://dorigo.wordpress.com/?p=1240#comment-96948 Hi Kea, well, I still have stitches, but I manage to use eight fingers out of the usual ten... Lubos, sorry but I plan to be around for a long while longer... Hi Carl, Bee, Louise, you're welcome... Bee, I hope somebody answers in your thread... Hi Doug, a job in finance makes more money than one in physics... It is hard to cross that potential barrier. Witten did it because he realized he was too brilliant. Lesser mortals are still smart enough to figure out their best bet is finance, and less smart ones stay in physics... So in physics we get the very best and the not-so-smart ones. As for the economy of physics, we surely could use some expert, given the way our funding is going these last few years... Cheers all, T. Hi Kea,

well, I still have stitches, but I manage to use eight fingers out of the usual ten…

Lubos, sorry but I plan to be around for a long while longer…

Hi Carl, Bee, Louise, you’re welcome… Bee, I hope somebody answers in your thread…

Hi Doug,
a job in finance makes more money than one in physics… It is hard to cross that potential barrier. Witten did it because he realized he was too brilliant. Lesser mortals are still smart enough to figure out their best bet is finance, and less smart ones stay in physics… So in physics we get the very best and the not-so-smart ones.
As for the economy of physics, we surely could use some expert, given the way our funding is going these last few years…

Cheers all,
T.

]]> By: Louise http://dorigo.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/lots-of-things-happening-around/#comment-96943 Louise Wed, 07 May 2008 14:44:45 +0000 http://dorigo.wordpress.com/?p=1240#comment-96943 Carl and I both have reason to thank you. I am glad that you enjoy the posts. Carl and I both have reason to thank you. I am glad that you enjoy the posts.

]]> By: Doug http://dorigo.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/lots-of-things-happening-around/#comment-96924 Doug Wed, 07 May 2008 07:10:50 +0000 http://dorigo.wordpress.com/?p=1240#comment-96924 Hi Tommaso, I was advised of the work of <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/all/1/au:+ilinski/0/1/0/all/0/1" rel="nofollow"> Kirill Ilinski</a> credited with 26 ArXiv articles. Ilinski switched from a physics PhD at St Petrsburg, working at the Russian Academy of Science, to Economics at Birmingham. Much of the latter work has been in the area of "The Physics of Finance". This is almost opposite of Edward Witten who left an undergraduate economics program for phyics. Can 'The Economics of Physics" be near? Ilinski appears to be familiar with Dynamics and Ergodic Theory which seems more often used by mathematicians and engineers. Hi Tommaso,

I was advised of the work of Kirill Ilinski credited with 26 ArXiv articles.

Ilinski switched from a physics PhD at St Petrsburg, working at the Russian Academy of Science, to Economics at Birmingham. Much of the latter work has been in the area of “The Physics of Finance”.

This is almost opposite of Edward Witten who left an undergraduate economics program for phyics.

Can ‘The Economics of Physics” be near?

Ilinski appears to be familiar with Dynamics and Ergodic Theory which seems more often used by mathematicians and engineers.

]]> By: Bee http://dorigo.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/lots-of-things-happening-around/#comment-96922 Bee Wed, 07 May 2008 06:59:21 +0000 http://dorigo.wordpress.com/?p=1240#comment-96922 Thanks for the link. If there's somebody around here who presently has the time to explain the workings of the Hawking effect, scroll down the comment section to the end and take care of Dr. Wagner. He is somewhat confused, but I will be busy the next two days. Best, B. Thanks for the link. If there’s somebody around here who presently has the time to explain the workings of the Hawking effect, scroll down the comment section to the end and take care of Dr. Wagner. He is somewhat confused, but I will be busy the next two days.
Best,

B.

]]> By: carlbrannen http://dorigo.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/lots-of-things-happening-around/#comment-96920 carlbrannen Wed, 07 May 2008 06:39:19 +0000 http://dorigo.wordpress.com/?p=1240#comment-96920 Hey, thanks for the link! By the way, the article on crackpots hit close to home, given that my paper on the neutrinos gave their masses to 8 decimal places. By the way, if one has an opportunity to choose one of a variety of forms of insanity, I can give high recommendations to convincing yourself that you've found the key to the unified field theory. Hey, thanks for the link! By the way, the article on crackpots hit close to home, given that my paper on the neutrinos gave their masses to 8 decimal places.

By the way, if one has an opportunity to choose one of a variety of forms of insanity, I can give high recommendations to convincing yourself that you’ve found the key to the unified field theory.

]]> By: Luboš Motl http://dorigo.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/lots-of-things-happening-around/#comment-96917 Luboš Motl Wed, 07 May 2008 06:05:07 +0000 http://dorigo.wordpress.com/?p=1240#comment-96917 I am mostly a Euroskeptic but when I see what you are writing, I applaud the EU for prosecuting Italy for piling the megatons of garbage all over the place. http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2008/05/06/afx4973436.html I hope that you will be dealt with soon, too. I am mostly a Euroskeptic but when I see what you are writing, I applaud the EU for prosecuting Italy for piling the megatons of garbage all over the place.

http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2008/05/06/afx4973436.html

I hope that you will be dealt with soon, too.

]]> By: arcadianfunctor http://dorigo.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/lots-of-things-happening-around/#comment-96900 arcadianfunctor Tue, 06 May 2008 23:13:55 +0000 http://dorigo.wordpress.com/?p=1240#comment-96900 Thanks for the link! So I guess your hand is back to normal, then? Thanks for the link! So I guess your hand is back to normal, then?

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