Re: what kind of work does everyone do?

[Guest guest]

I've lost the original post so I'll reply to this.

I am a database jockey and system administrator. I design,

implement & tune UNIX based Oracle database systems. I

am also a data architect and software developer. The only

way I could keep up with everything before I started thyroid

treatment was to all but drown myself in coffee. I've been

caffeine free (except for an occasional cup of coffee after

working all night) for a couple months now. The work

schedule is 50-120 hours in a week with occasional all

nighters. I'm doing very well in my position, even though

I get grumpy with excessive over nighters.

My reading habits have shifted from fanciful fiction

to medical books and hard science text books. I'm actually

working out of the books that doctors use to study for

their board reviews now. It's like the lights are starting to

come back on.

-Mike :-)

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[Guest guest]

Hi, Mike. Do you happen to read much on quantum mechanics or

cosmology? As in HUP, Bells inequality, EPR Paradox, Copenhagen

Interpretation, Schroedinger's Cat, dark matter, dark energy, string

theory...?

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> My reading habits have shifted from fanciful fiction

> to medical books and hard science text books. I'm actually

> working out of the books that doctors use to study for

> their board reviews now. It's like the lights are starting to

> come back on.

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> -Mike :-)

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

No, I haven't cracked a book in those areas since high school

and college. They are very fascinating to me. I just got

bitten with the biology bug while trying to make sense of

my condition.

If you have any books you would like to recommend, please

share them with me. I'm sure that I will get around to those

areas again before too long. The " Biochemistry and Molecular

Biology - Board Review Series " text has me completely absorbed

at the moment.

-Mike

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> Hi, Mike. Do you happen to read much on quantum mechanics or

> cosmology? As in HUP, Bells inequality, EPR Paradox, Copenhagen

> Interpretation, Schroedinger's Cat, dark matter, dark energy, string

> theory...?

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> > My reading habits have shifted from fanciful fiction

> > to medical books and hard science text books. I'm actually

> > working out of the books that doctors use to study for

> > their board reviews now. It's like the lights are starting to

> > come back on.

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> > -Mike :-)

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[Guest guest]

Most of the ones I've read were not the technical manuals or advanced

texts but rather books written by scientists or science writers for the

lay person. Still a lot of it is very difficult to wrap your mind

around; and some of it impossible. I cannot picture more than three

spatial dimensions, for example, but mathematically they're easy to

describe. If you're a mathematician; which I'm not.

Dark matter and dark energy hadn't of course entered the public

consciousness when I took physics in the early '60's; and we never got

into quantum mechanics at all. I developed my interest later after

encountering a number of statements about " quantum weirdness " . I've

read enough now to dispute some of the conclusions of some of the pros

in the field.

The most recent book I read was THE WHOLE SHEBANG by Ferris.

It was written after the massive support for dark matter but before dark

energy and accelerating universal expansion was widely accepted. Other

than that it ties a lot of cosmology, particle physics and quantum

mechanics together. And I found only one or two instances in which I

disagreed with his posits concerning quantum mechanics; and I guess the

probability is that his view is more correct than mine. In addition a

lot of it, such as the multiverse, is very speculative.

COSMIC JACKPOT by Davies is very interesting, and was written after

dark energy and the accelerating universal expansion was discovered. I

recommend it highly. Don't let his references to religious matters be

off putting to you.

Several years ago I read a number of books by Gribbins dealing with

quantum mechanics at the lay level, but I cannot now remember how

accurate his descriptions are. It's also possible/probable that at the

time I didn't have a sufficient background knowledge to judge. I know

it took a while for me to realize that if the momentum of an electron is

exactly known then it does not have an attribute called " position " .

Check out the catalog numbers of these books and you will find a lot

more in the same section. Don't expect to understand or agree with

everything you will read. Of course, if you've ever met Schroedinger's

cat you no doubt know that! [ggg]

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> Hi ,

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> No, I haven't cracked a book in those areas since high school

> and college. They are very fascinating to me. I just got

> bitten with the biology bug while trying to make sense of

> my condition.

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> If you have any books you would like to recommend, please

> share them with me. I'm sure that I will get around to those

> areas again before too long. The " Biochemistry and Molecular

> Biology - Board Review Series " text has me completely absorbed

> at the moment.

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> -Mike

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> > Hi, Mike. Do you happen to read much on quantum mechanics or

> > cosmology? As in HUP, Bells inequality, EPR Paradox, Copenhagen

> > Interpretation, Schroedinger's Cat, dark matter, dark energy, string

> > theory...?

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[Guest guest]

Thanks !

I did pick up several of Carl Sagan's works so these will

be a great addition.

I am not a mathematician by nature, but I am very

interested in cosmology and physics.

It is so great to have enough mental energy to be interested

in hard science again. I've got to go back to school at

some point. It may not be in the cards, but I sure would

like to.

Thanks again for the great info.

-Mike

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> > > Hi, Mike. Do you happen to read much on quantum mechanics or

> > > cosmology? As in HUP, Bells inequality, EPR Paradox, Copenhagen

> > > Interpretation, Schroedinger's Cat, dark matter, dark energy, string

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[Guest guest]

I know what you mean about having enough mental energy, Mike. I am an amateur

geologist/vulcanologist and for years no matter how much I read or studied I

couldn't retain anything and it was so frustrating! I realized when I read your

post that I am now retaining things much better than in previous years. I am

back to my study of plate tectonics and what makes volcanoes tick, and enjoying

it once again. It is so nice to be able to get back to something I have a real

passion for, besides music and sewing. Geology has been one of my passions since

I was 8 years old and read an encyclopedic account of Paricutin in Mexico. I

know I am not a typical woman, since I hate shopping and love rocks, LOL, but I

am happy as I am.

F.

http://catherineshypohelljourney.blogspot.com/

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http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com

 

[Guest guest]

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That totally ROCKS! ;-) LOL

Seriously, that is so cool, and I am very happy for you.

I've got a little bit of that bug too. My mom was a

total rock hound and loved geology. Dad likes football.

-Mike :-)

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> I know what you mean about having enough mental energy, Mike. I am an amateur

geologist/vulcanologist and for years no matter how much I read or studied I

couldn't

retain anything and it was so frustrating! I realized when I read your post that

I am now

retaining things much better than in previous years. I am back to my study of

plate

tectonics and what makes volcanoes tick, and enjoying it once again. It is so

nice to be

able to get back to something I have a real passion for, besides music and

sewing.

Geology has been one of my passions since I was 8 years old and read an

encyclopedic

account of Paricutin in Mexico. I know I am not a typical woman, since I hate

shopping and

love rocks, LOL, but I am happy as I am.

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[Guest guest]

Very cool! Thanks for sharing.

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> Just in case people aren't aware of this..if you go to google and type in

> google books, you can find a lot of free previews of books which is great when

> trying to find out if you want to find a certain book. I've found that a lot

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> the previews show a lot of the books.

[Guest guest]

Interesting subject. Strange, my brother doesn't believe tectonics are

fact. Did you ever consider what earth would be like if they were not?

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> Mon Oct 13, 2008 5:35 am (PDT)

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> I know what you mean about having enough mental energy, Mike. I am an

> amateur geologist/vulcanolo

> gist and for years no matter how much I read or studied I couldn't

> retain anything and it was so frustrating! I realized when I read your

> post that I am now retaining things much better than in previous

> years. I am back to my study of plate tectonics and what makes

> volcanoes tick, and enjoying it once again. It is so nice to be able

> to get back to something I have a real passion for, besides music and

> sewing. Geology has been one of my passions since I was 8 years old

> and read an encyclopedic account of Paricutin in Mexico. I know I am

> not a typical woman, since I hate shopping and love rocks, LOL, but I

> am happy as I am.

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