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The rebuttal takes a view which is close to my heart—but [Motl] puts it so viciously, dismisses without genuine inquiry or curiosity the intriguing claims of th
by calais 7y ago
The rebuttal takes a view which is close to my heart—but [Motl] puts it so viciously, dismisses without genuine inquiry or curiosity the intriguing claims of the article, and plays so much faster and looser with his ideas than the author he critiques—you can taste his contrition. Ball and [Motl] are probably both mistaken about what QD actually explains.
Edit: fixed names
- jessriedel 7y ago(The author of the blog post is Luboš Motl. Pilsen is the name of a town in Czechia where he presumably lives.)
- MrEldritch 7y agoFor future reference, "Luboš Motl" and "puts it so viciously, dismisses without genuine inquiry or curiosity [....], and plays so much faster and looser with his ideas than the author he critiques—you can taste his contrition" are pretty much synonymous. The man's a troll with a PhD.
- iainmerrick 7y agoCould you explain your view in a calmer and clearer way than Motl? I’m curious whether there’s any “there” there, so to speak. QD as described in Ball’s article sounds very sensible to me, and Motl’s objections sound like he misunderstands the article and would actually mostly agree with QD.