asymptotia

Mark and Lee had recently nice and very interesting physics exchanges on “asymptotia”.

String Theory is Losing the Public Debate Sean 2007

For example, you mentioned Stu Kauffman here and also in the asymptotia thread where you referred to his idea to derive far-reaching conclusions in the theory of evolution from a result from mathematics known as the “no free lunch theorem”.

String Theory is Losing the Public Debate Sean 2007

But one last attempt anyway: In a previous exchange in the Teacup IV post over at asymptotia, Jeff Harvey wrote: “… we are lacking in good (semi -) objective measures of what work should be supported, in main part because of the absence of data.”

String Theory is Losing the Public Debate Sean 2007

Jacques, just to let you know where I stand as regards your post about CDT and “asymptotia”, let me recall that my question is why you think CDT fails to be background independent in the sense in which Smolin uses the term in his paper “The Case for …”.

The Landscape - For Real This Time cjohnson 2005

You have mentioned Smolin comment #109 — that has mostly to do with boundary conditions or asymptotic boundary conditions: “asymptotia”.

The Landscape - For Real This Time cjohnson 2005

Most investigations into CDT (though I’m far from familiar with all the literature) seem to focus on the case of compact spatial topology which is, itself, a choice of “asymptotia”.

The Landscape - For Real This Time cjohnson 2005