Comments on: Categorically Not! - Mistakes!

By: Chicken Wire - Asymptotia

Chicken Wire - Asymptotia — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 23:15:26 +0000

[...] Someone saw me there and said “It’s the physicist!”, which was a bit of a shock, since I did not know her. I then recovered and guessed that it was someone from USC. I was wrong. Turns out she’s a regular at Categorically Not! events. Good to see these different circles - these various parts of the community - linking up like that. [return] [...]

By: Mistakes | Cosmic Variance

Mistakes | Cosmic Variance — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 18:04:28 +0000

[...] We outsource to Clifford the task of advertising the Categorically Not! events that KC Cole organizes at the Santa Monica Art Studios. Except for this Sunday, since I’m going to be one of the presenters, and I never shy from doing my own PR. The event (see blurb below) will begin at 6:30; everyone is welcome. [...]

By: Elliot

Elliot — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 21:30:56 +0000

for those with extra time on their hands go google “orgone” Kind of an interesting story from a sociological perspective.

By: Bee

Bee — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:09:47 +0000

It’s worthwhile to note that the Einstein quotation actually contrasts ‘creating’ with ‘discovering’:

“Creating a new theory is not like destroying an old barn and erecting a skyscraper in its place. It is rather like climbing a mountain, gaining new and wider views, discovering unexpected connections between our starting point and its rich environment. But the point from which we started out still exists and can be seen, although it appears smaller and forms a tiny part of our broad view gained by the mastery of the obstacles on our adventurous way up.”

A. Einstein (The Evolution of Physics)

PS: And please spare me a discussion about mountain climbers.