FQXi 2009 talks now on their site.

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The discussion revolves around the FQXi 2009 conference talks, with participants sharing links to the talks and expressing their views on the nature and seriousness of the presentations. The scope includes commentary on the content and atmosphere of the conference, as well as specific talks that were highlighted.

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  • Exploratory, Debate/contested

Main Points Raised

  • One participant shares a link to the FQXi conference talks, suggesting they are available for viewing.
  • Another participant describes the conference atmosphere as informal and speculative, using the phrase "brain orgy" to characterize the event.
  • A different participant challenges this view, asserting that the talks included serious and profound content, and provides links to specific presentations as examples.
  • There is a mention of Dan Oriti's talk being well-prepared and significant, with a suggestion that it may be similar to another talk he is giving in Beijing.

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Participants express differing views on the nature of the conference talks, with some emphasizing the serious content while others focus on the informal and speculative atmosphere. No consensus is reached regarding the overall characterization of the event.

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Participants reference specific talks and their content but do not provide detailed evaluations or analyses of the presentations themselves. The discussion lacks a comprehensive overview of all talks presented at the conference.

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brain orgy

they go out to a volcanic island in the Atlantic, everybody takes off their normal professional clothes, and they run around having fun, guzzling cocktails of speculation.

sounds OK to me :biggrin:
 
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You have a point about Dan Oriti's talk, and maybe also about Florian's.

I will guess that Daniele's Azores talk is the same one that he gives tomorrow in Beijing (7 August, invited plenary session). It is a serious well-prepared presentation of something he has taken the lead in developing.
https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?p=2296306#post2296306
 

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