Comments on: Adding “Physicist” To The Resume (or, Why Hikes Are Important To Me) http://www.dougfine.com/2008/11/30/adding-%e2%80%9cphysicist%e2%80%9d-to-the-resume-or-why-hikes-are-important-to-me/ Personal website of author Doug Fine Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:38:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: OrgoCowboy http://www.dougfine.com/2008/11/30/adding-%e2%80%9cphysicist%e2%80%9d-to-the-resume-or-why-hikes-are-important-to-me/comment-page-1/#comment-7585 OrgoCowboy Tue, 09 Dec 2008 12:50:27 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/2008/11/30/adding-%e2%80%9cphysicist%e2%80%9d-to-the-resume-or-why-hikes-are-important-to-me/#comment-7585 Beautiful! Poetry AND a call from the Nobel Committee. I love blogging. I'm afraid I do need the math done, though. So, no fine arts until you eat your numbers. Beautiful! Poetry AND a call from the Nobel Committee. I love blogging. I’m afraid I do need the math done, though. So, no fine arts until you eat your numbers.

]]> By: wren http://www.dougfine.com/2008/11/30/adding-%e2%80%9cphysicist%e2%80%9d-to-the-resume-or-why-hikes-are-important-to-me/comment-page-1/#comment-7582 wren Tue, 09 Dec 2008 07:23:08 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/2008/11/30/adding-%e2%80%9cphysicist%e2%80%9d-to-the-resume-or-why-hikes-are-important-to-me/#comment-7582 Honest, I requested you not ask me math questions before I read this post. Your post did, however, remind me of a poem by Robert Lax called The Circus of the Sun. It begins thusly: "morning In the beginning (in the beginning of time to say the least) there were the compasses: whirling in void their feet traced out beginnings and endings, beginning and end in a single line. Wisdom danced also in circles for these were her kingdom: the sun spun, worlds whirled, the seasons came round, and all things went their rounds: but in the beginning, beginning and end were in one. An in the beginning was love. Love made a sphere: all things grew within it; the sphere then encompassed beginnings and endings, beginning and end. Love had a compass whose whirling dance traced out a sphere of love in the void: in the center thereof rose a fountain." Honest, I requested you not ask me math questions before I read this post.

Your post did, however, remind me of a poem by Robert Lax called The Circus of the Sun. It begins thusly:

“morning

In the beginning (in the beginning of time to say the least) there were the compasses: whirling in void their feet traced out beginnings and endings, beginning and end in a single line. Wisdom danced also in circles for these were her kingdom: the sun spun, worlds whirled, the seasons came round, and all things went their rounds: but in the beginning, beginning and end were in one.

An in the beginning was love. Love made a sphere: all things grew within it; the sphere then encompassed beginnings and endings, beginning and end. Love had a compass whose whirling dance traced out a sphere of love in the void: in the center thereof rose a fountain.”

]]> By: northwoodsguymn http://www.dougfine.com/2008/11/30/adding-%e2%80%9cphysicist%e2%80%9d-to-the-resume-or-why-hikes-are-important-to-me/comment-page-1/#comment-7547 northwoodsguymn Sun, 07 Dec 2008 02:47:27 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/2008/11/30/adding-%e2%80%9cphysicist%e2%80%9d-to-the-resume-or-why-hikes-are-important-to-me/#comment-7547 Is this just a poetic way of describing entropy and enthalpy? ;-) I don't know. This kind of "everything has a way of balancing out" could simply be an argument to just pollute the heck out of everything, because, hey, it will all come out even in the end. I rather prefer a philosophy that we all have a responsibility to live with as little impact as possible to make it possible for all the creatures and living things of the Earth to live. Of course, even that one could be made an excuse to pollute, I suppose, by a die hard industrialist! Keep up the good work, Doug. I continue to follow your blog, if only as a (mostly) lurker. Is this just a poetic way of describing entropy and enthalpy? ;-)

I don’t know. This kind of “everything has a way of balancing out” could simply be an argument to just pollute the heck out of everything, because, hey, it will all come out even in the end. I rather prefer a philosophy that we all have a responsibility to live with as little impact as possible to make it possible for all the creatures and living things of the Earth to live. Of course, even that one could be made an excuse to pollute, I suppose, by a die hard industrialist!

Keep up the good work, Doug. I continue to follow your blog, if only as a (mostly) lurker.

]]> By: OrgoCowboy http://www.dougfine.com/2008/11/30/adding-%e2%80%9cphysicist%e2%80%9d-to-the-resume-or-why-hikes-are-important-to-me/comment-page-1/#comment-7455 OrgoCowboy Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:33:59 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/2008/11/30/adding-%e2%80%9cphysicist%e2%80%9d-to-the-resume-or-why-hikes-are-important-to-me/#comment-7455 I do, though, sometimes feel admiration for the species that just live, and don't worry about all this "why." But I ain't one of 'em. Except sometimes. I do, though, sometimes feel admiration for the species that just live, and don’t worry about all this “why.” But I ain’t one of ‘em. Except sometimes.

]]> By: Chrissy http://www.dougfine.com/2008/11/30/adding-%e2%80%9cphysicist%e2%80%9d-to-the-resume-or-why-hikes-are-important-to-me/comment-page-1/#comment-7448 Chrissy Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:18:01 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/2008/11/30/adding-%e2%80%9cphysicist%e2%80%9d-to-the-resume-or-why-hikes-are-important-to-me/#comment-7448 Yes, I get your idea! I have long thought of it as a circle, we are all connected to everything, everyone, what goes around comes around, karma. I also like Wayne Dyer's theory of the Power of Intention, and connecting to the loving source of life. It's so nice when the universe makes sense! Yes, I get your idea! I have long thought of it as a circle, we are all connected to everything, everyone, what goes around comes around, karma. I also like Wayne Dyer’s theory of the Power of Intention, and connecting to the loving source of life. It’s so nice when the universe makes sense!

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