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cauchyesterday at 8:30 PM1 replyview on HN

The error with this approach is that every single physics theory gets exactly the same criticisms.

You can take any of the theories that Hossenfelder would spend time on instead of the ones she does not like, and you would find (basically) a similar percentage of physicists saying it's a mistake to continue in this direction.

In other terms: for each physics theory, on 100 physicists, you have 5 physicists saying it is a mistake to continue working on it (number made up for illustration, and there is probably some variations, but you get the gist). You took one theory and found few physicists saying it is a mistake to continue working on it. You conclude, incorrectly, that it means this theory is fundamentally differently treated as any other theories.

(on top of that, it is unfortunate that Hossenfelder later screw up her image by doing way too much mistakes that someone reliable would not do)


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tcp_handshakertoday at 10:40 AM

And in the meanwhile you ignored Susskind, literally one of the fathers of String Theory saying "we need to start all over again"... :-))

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Susskind

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