tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post1805354263177205681..comments2024-03-25T22:38:46.822+08:00Comments on in lieu of a field guide: Schrödinger's cat was a zombieRisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-34076110969877635042022-02-15T22:40:07.862+08:002022-02-15T22:40:07.862+08:00I can see what you mean. I don’t think I can stand...I can see what you mean. I don’t think I can stand rereading it. The connections made are good but the ideas are nothing new. Risehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-46706689399292671132022-02-15T21:46:43.037+08:002022-02-15T21:46:43.037+08:00I liked it a lot, too. But I thought some of the p...I liked it a lot, too. But I thought some of the pleasure was on the cheap side.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-32608552870308300902022-02-15T17:37:14.991+08:002022-02-15T17:37:14.991+08:00Oh I quite "liked" the book, with some q...Oh I quite "liked" the book, with some qualifications. The above post may be a work of fiction, with just one non-fictional paragraph. :)Risehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-30051270178796654412022-02-15T17:33:51.523+08:002022-02-15T17:33:51.523+08:00BL read a lot of books and articles on the subject...BL read a lot of books and articles on the subject. Either by the scientists/mathematicians themselves or by science writers. These were listed in the Acknowledgements section at the end of the book. He consulted blogs of mathematicians and quoted from letters by the scientists.<br /><br />He partly discussed his research in the YT interview I linked above: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Risehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-4872155884094921012022-02-15T10:43:31.868+08:002022-02-15T10:43:31.868+08:00Geez, Rise, you're even rougher than I was. P...Geez, Rise, you're even rougher than I was. People on Twitter were using the equivalent of hushed tones when discussing this book. Only after I read it did I find more sceptics.<br /><br />Labatut talks about his research in the <a href="https://physicstoday.scitation.org/do/10.1063/PT.6.4.20220120a/full/" rel="nofollow"><i>Physics Today</i> interview</a> I found so useful. "You’re Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-27957846816435814092022-02-15T05:23:36.806+08:002022-02-15T05:23:36.806+08:00Has he talked somewhere how he went about doing re...Has he talked somewhere how he went about doing research for this book?St. Orberosehttps://storberose.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com