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I really like her blog, it brings a lot of critical thinking in a field that often lack of. I however think she misses the point by constantly taking string th
by immmmmm 6y ago
I really like her blog, it brings a lot of critical thinking in a field that often lack of.
I however think she misses the point by constantly taking string theory as the sole example of bad science..
Disclaimer: I a former string theorist who has worked in many other scientific fields.
- immmmmm 6y ago... and string theory was the most badly funded field i ever worked in...
- cygx 6y agoImagine what we could have achived with all that money allocated to buy paper and pencils for string theorists!
- neutronicus 6y agoYeah, in grad school the theory grad students were the ones who had to TA a bunch to cover gaps in their funding. When you have a couple million tied up in lab equipment it's easy to divert some to grad students to keep it running but us theory folk were switching projects every couple years just to keep the lights on as it were