Re: [FRIAM] if you use Google+, please invite me in, Rich Murray rmfor...@gmail.com 2011.07.27

Invite sent... just starting out with it myself - seems to have promise. On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 8:07 PM, Rich Murray wrote: > if you use Google+, please invite me in, Rich Murray > rmfor...@gmail.com 2011.07.27 > > > FRIAM Applied Com

[FRIAM] if you use Google+, please invite me in, Rich Murray rmfor...@gmail.com 2011.07.27

if you use Google+, please invite me in, Rich Murray rmfor...@gmail.com 2011.07.27 FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org

Re: [FRIAM] Deriving quantum theory from information processing axioms

Russ, That was actually a very good article! I remain amongst those skeptical that one can really test the theory, but it is nice to see the theory explained such a straightforward way, and to know there are people making solid attempts to test it. One major cop-out / overtly-overstated-claim tho

Re: [FRIAM] Deriving quantum theory from information processing axioms

And speaking of multiverses, this was just published on the Scientific American website . *In the August issue of*Scientific American,* cosmologist George Ellis describes why he's skeptical about the conce

Re: [FRIAM] wonders issue

He's sorta the new Carl Sagen. And I think he's genuine, even though I hate him for being so beautiful. His Hadron talks on TED were great. His book is on my wishlist and I'm downloading the BBC video now. -- Owen On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 1:50 PM, wrote: > Peggy - > > > > To the group: So

Re: [FRIAM] Deriving quantum theory from information processing axioms

I just looked at *Theory of Nothing* on Amazon. Two very nice reviews. Amazon's "Look Inside" doesn't show much, but the book looks very much worth reading. The Introduction talks about Schrodinger's cat. It had never occurred to

Re: [FRIAM] wonders issue

Peggy - > > To the group: So, knowing you all must be familiar with his book, but I am > not -- any opinion about Brian Cox's (physicist) thoughts/perspective? I > haven't read Wonders of the Universe, but saw him speaking on it, and feel > would be good to go through. >From a Review (http://www.

[FRIAM] wonders issue

To the group: So, knowing you all must be familiar with his book, but I am not -- any opinion about Brian Cox's (physicist) thoughts/perspective? I haven't read Wonders of the Universe, but saw him speaking on it, and feel would be good to go through. -- Peggy Miller, owner/OEO Highland Winds wix

Re: [FRIAM] Santa Fe

Santa Fey! cheers, Paul -Original Message- From: Douglas Roberts To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Sent: Tue, Jul 26, 2011 6:11 pm Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Santa Fe Either that, or "precious". Sort of like FRIAM, come to think of it. On Jul 26, 2011 5:58 PM, "Robe

Re: [FRIAM] Bernd Stelzer, The Higgs Boson - A one page explanation!

I wouldn't do that to the FRIAM list. We're special. --Doug On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 10:02 AM, Victoria Hughes wrote: > Oh you all are going to have a field day with this one, I can see already. > Howabout > how many Friamistas does it take to change a lightbulb? > > The mind boggles. > > Tory >

Re: [FRIAM] Bernd Stelzer, The Higgs Boson - A one page explanation!

Oh you all are going to have a field day with this one, I can see already. Howabout how many Friamistas does it take to change a lightbulb? The mind boggles. Tory On Jul 27, 2011, at 9:54 AM, Douglas Roberts wrote: Another might be: "Why does water swirl the way it does going down the dr

Re: [FRIAM] Bernd Stelzer, The Higgs Boson - A one page explanation!

Another might be: "Why does water swirl the way it does going down the drain?" "Short answers only, please. --Doug On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 9:40 AM, Owen Densmore wrote: > This is kinda nifty: answer a concrete question in a page or less. > > In 1993, the UK Science Minister, William Waldegrav

[FRIAM] Bernd Stelzer, The Higgs Boson - A one page explanation!

This is kinda nifty: answer a concrete question in a page or less. In 1993, the UK Science Minister, William Waldegrave, challenged physicists to produce an answer that would fit on one page to the question 'What is the Higgs boson, and why do we want to find it?' http://hep.physics.utoronto.ca/