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Oh come on, every second sentence she writes outside of a book mentions her books. Do you really have to quote /that/ part. I am a Prof. for Nuclear Physics, s
by davrosthedalek 6y ago
Oh come on, every second sentence she writes outside of a book mentions her books. Do you really have to quote /that/ part.
I am a Prof. for Nuclear Physics, so maybe HEP-adjacent and biased. I don't think I will ever get much use of LHC/FCC myself (EIC will do that for the stuff I'm doing), but I'm happy if they will build it. It's a fallacy to believe that this money takes away from other research. There would be enough money to do all possible research if one really wants to. Just a point to consider: A lot of money for the military is essential to prop up the economy. The same, maybe more effectively, is true for research, with the added benefit that you educate people, and maybe find some cool new stuff.
- kashyapc 6y agoSorry, I didn't meant to quote "that" part (by that I take it that you're referring to the "beautiful theory" aspect — edit: I think you were referring to the mention about her book) to provoke. I just wanted to briefly mention Hossenfelder's position as I haven't seen it mentioned when I saw the thread. And yeah, this might be a "piddling" amount compared to the military spending. On the whole, we're in agreement; as the 'PS' in my first comment hints, I'm of course all for anything that instills scientific curiosity in the broader public, while discovering new stuff or carefully sussing out bogus hypotheses.
- davrosthedalek 6y agoNo offense taken! If anything, I'm annoyed by her, not by you quoting her. I meant the "in my book" part. But thinking about it, it's important to give the context: she is trying to sell a book, and why I don't want to speculate whether it's her primary motivation, it is /one/ motivation, otherwise she wouldn't mention it all the time.