tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13869903.post7642926529479383849..comments2024-03-27T18:46:34.971-05:00Comments on nanoscale views: The nanoscale: The edge of emergenceDouglas Natelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13340091255404229559noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13869903.post-30032749346879687572015-07-29T04:19:18.315-05:002015-07-29T04:19:18.315-05:00I guess it is worth noting that Laughlin's com...I guess it is worth noting that Laughlin's comments are now at least ten years old, and nanotechnology research has likely matured since then. However, I find the critique very true of SOME groups, especially at that time, and especially on the side of "nanochemistry". It always seems that science goes through certain trends where research in an area explodes, and only at the end of the initial burst do the useful aspects start to emerge. Everything is stamp collecting before that. Steve Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15767299905748676344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13869903.post-24228259147582775462015-07-27T23:20:40.931-05:002015-07-27T23:20:40.931-05:00Laughlin is a nut (Inertial confinement fusion and...Laughlin is a nut (Inertial confinement fusion and civil engineering on the ocean floor, and fission waste doesn't matter? , c'mon is this guy serious?).<br /><br />He's much to kind regarding nanotechnology.<br /><br />Nanotechnology is completely useless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13869903.post-24311025791618247152015-07-27T09:34:44.550-05:002015-07-27T09:34:44.550-05:00It's ironic that Laughlin should claim that, g...It's ironic that Laughlin should claim that, given that the quantum Hall effect (and, indeed, the fractional version) was discovered by folks playing with such nanobaubles.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13869903.post-80514126109000225492015-07-27T07:35:09.840-05:002015-07-27T07:35:09.840-05:00I find the title of this post a bit debatable; nan...I find the title of this post a bit debatable; nanoscale (condensed) matter is not the edge of emergence - if with "the edge" you mean "the first edge", as in "at each scale new properties emerge". This does not happen first at the nanoscale. One can arguably make the case that the properties of an atom are emergent themselves.<br />Hence, the nanoscale would not be the (first) edge of emergence.<br /><br />I do fully agree though with what you write in your post, and especially that "Working at the nanoscale allows us to examine how emergence works in specific cases."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13869903.post-19166924978276422382015-07-26T20:58:20.171-05:002015-07-26T20:58:20.171-05:00I'll add that to the long, long list of things...I'll add that to the long, long list of things I need to do to be in line for a Nobel, Dan.Douglas Natelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340091255404229559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13869903.post-51419703699707565232015-07-26T20:24:09.231-05:002015-07-26T20:24:09.231-05:00You need to start sounding more like a curmudgeon ...You need to start sounding more like a curmudgeon if you want to win a Nobel Prize.DanMnoreply@blogger.com