{"id":4688,"date":"2010-05-14T07:07:14","date_gmt":"2010-05-14T07:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/principles\/2010\/05\/14\/links-for-2010-05-14\/"},"modified":"2010-05-14T07:07:14","modified_gmt":"2010-05-14T07:07:14","slug":"links-for-2010-05-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/2010\/05\/14\/links-for-2010-05-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Links for 2010-05-14"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"delicious\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/dotphysics\/2010\/05\/blue_laser_awesomeness.php\">Blue laser awesomeness : Dot Physics<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&#8220;Yes, green laser pointers are cool. Especially when you use them to make stuff fluoresce. Ok, what about a blue laser pointer? They are getting surprisingly cheap (Amazon has a 10 mW for pretty cheap). Still not cheap enough for me. But, you know what? Some of the physics majors here at Southeastern Louisiana University purchased a couple of these. Physics major Daniel let me borrow his.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/science\">science<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/physics\">physics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/blogs\">blogs<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/lasers\">lasers<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/atoms\">atoms<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/molecules\">molecules<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/dot-physics\">dot-physics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/pictures\">pictures<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/video\">video<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/physicsbuzz.physicscentral.com\/2010\/05\/obama-loves-lasers.html\">Physics Buzz: Obama Loves Lasers<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&#8220;Just in time for the 50th anniversary of the laser, President Obama has signed a letter telling us all what he thinks of this handy bit o&#8217; technology. And, you know, he loves lasers almost as much as we do!<\/p>\n<p>For reasons that escape me, the folks at the White House tell me that I can&#8217;t post the letter, quote from the letter or (I assume) think too hard about the letter. But if you click the &#8220;Read the rest of the post&#8221; link you&#8217;ll see a picture of someone looking at a piece of paper that&#8217;s the same size as the President&#8217;s letter (but is absolutely not the actual letter) to give you a feel of what the experience might have been like.&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/science\">science<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/culture\">culture<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/lasers\">lasers<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/blogs\">blogs<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/physics-buzz\">physics-buzz<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/physics\">physics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/politics\">politics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/US\">US<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/pictures\">pictures<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/silly\">silly<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.scienceandentertainmentexchange.org\/2010\/05\/big-bang-plus-or-minus.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+x-changefiles+%28The+X-Change+Files%29\">The Science and Entertainment Exchange: The X-Change Files: Big Bang a Plus or a Minus?<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&#8220;So, what do you think? Are scientists benefiting from the exposure? Is it enough that scientists, long underrepresented on TV, are finally prominently featured in a successful and critically acclaimed sitcom that reaches millions of people? Or, is [the Big Bang Theory]  doing a disservice to the science community and society in general by reinforcing already well-entrenched negative stereotypes? The Exchange would like to hear your thoughts.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/science\">science<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/television\">television<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/culture\">culture<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/media\">media<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/blogs\">blogs<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/physics\">physics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/academia\">academia<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/x-change\">x-change<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/backreaction.blogspot.com\/2010\/05\/paradigm-shifts.html\">Backreaction: Paradigm Shifts<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&#8220;There are as many different motivations to become a physicist as there are physicists. But one of them is certainly the wish to be part of something greater, an event of historical importance. It&#8217;s the wish to be there and have a say when our view of the world fundamentally changes; when a new picture comes into focus that will be passed on to future generations.<\/p>\n<p>The change of our fundamental understanding of Nature, the emergence of a new way of thinking about the world is what is known as a &#8220;paradigm shift.&#8221; It&#8217;s a notion that occasionally creeps up in a discussion. It most often does so either as a means of defense, when a new proposal is widely rejected or when the speaker tries to make himself more interesting.<\/p>\n<p>I was wondering the other day what paradigms there are that might be shifting today. In the 22nd century&#8217;s textbooks, what of our today&#8217;s understanding will appear in the historical appendix instead?&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/science\">science<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/philosophy\">philosophy<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/physics\">physics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/cosmology\">cosmology<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/particles\">particles<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/blogs\">blogs<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/backreaction\">backreaction<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfsignal.com\/archives\/2010\/05\/dick-does-chick-flick\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Sfsignal+%28SFSignal%29\">SF Signal: Dick Does Chick Flick<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&#8220;Adjustment Team is a short story by Philip K. Dick where a man, Ed Fletcher, inadvertently gets a look at those who work behind the scenes of &#8216;reality&#8217;. The Adjustment Bureau is a movie loosely based on the short story and stars Matt Damon as rising politician who falls for Emily Blunt&#8217;s ballerina while the Adjustment Team schemes to keep them apart. Since it&#8217;s a PKD story, you would expect plenty of reality warping, mind bending games to occur. I dare you to watch this trailer and not think &#8216;chick flick&#8217;.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/sf\">sf<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/blogs\">blogs<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/movies\">movies<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/culture\">culture<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/books\">books<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/literature\">literature<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/video\">video<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blue laser awesomeness : Dot Physics &#8220;Yes, green laser pointers are cool. Especially when you use them to make stuff fluoresce. Ok, what about a blue laser pointer? They are getting surprisingly cheap (Amazon has a 10 mW for pretty cheap). Still not cheap enough for me. But, you know what? 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