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> She didn’t cut it and now is in a non-tenured position at a second rate institution. What an awful reply to legitimate criticism. I infer that some of your f

> She didn’t cut it and now is in a non-tenured position at a second rate institution. What an awful reply to legitimate criticism. I infer that some of your friends at CERN talk about her (quite successful) book this way?

rusticpenn 6y ago
I don't see that line in the original comment, was it edited?
- JesseMReeves 6y ago
  It was edited, but the comment is still ad hominem and avoids talking about the specific criticism.
sampo 6y ago
> > She didn’t cut it and now is in a non-tenured position at a second rate institution. Lee Smolin, who did "cut it" and who worked in several first rate institutions, wrote about the same thing in his 2006 book The Trouble With Physics. So Sabine Hossenfelder is not alone with these opinions.
- selimthegrim 6y ago
  If you read Jacques Distler’s blog you might be excused for thinking Smolin didn’t make the cut
orbifold 6y ago
That was uncalled for, so I took it out.
- AnimalMuppet 6y ago
  How dare you? None of us have ever said something in a comment that was over the line! Um... at least not so far this morning... I think... um... (furtively checks comment history) nope, not me. I don't do that kind of thing (mumbling) so far today... We've all been there. Props for recognizing it, admitting it, and dealing with it.
- outworlder 6y ago
  It is pretty representative of the state of the academia. You should have left it in, if only as to serve as a reminder that science nowadays is all about status.
spotinsun 6y ago
Would FIAS (https://fias.institute/en/ https://fias.institute/en/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfurt_Institute_for_Advanced_Studies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfurt_Institute_for_Advanc...) even be considered a second rate institution?
- codethief 6y ago
  Ignoring the fact that this is another ad hominem attack, judging a researcher by her/his home institution won't get you anywhere. I know dozens of outstanding mathematicians and physicists who are very well known in their respective fields and reside at less-than-well-known institutions. (Often, because their family is from there and they took the chance to go back.) Generally speaking, in Central and Western Europe it doesn't matter which institution a researcher is from. They're all good and those at top-tier institutions are only marginally better at best.

rusticpenn 6y ago

I don't see that line in the original comment, was it edited?

JesseMReeves 6y ago
It was edited, but the comment is still ad hominem and avoids talking about the specific criticism.

sampo 6y ago

> > She didn’t cut it and now is in a non-tenured position at a second rate institution. Lee Smolin, who did "cut it" and who worked in several first rate institutions, wrote about the same thing in his 2006 book The Trouble With Physics. So Sabine Hossenfelder is not alone with these opinions.

selimthegrim 6y ago
If you read Jacques Distler’s blog you might be excused for thinking Smolin didn’t make the cut

orbifold 6y ago

That was uncalled for, so I took it out.

AnimalMuppet 6y ago
How dare you? None of us have ever said something in a comment that was over the line! Um... at least not so far this morning... I think... um... (furtively checks comment history) nope, not me. I don't do that kind of thing (mumbling) so far today... We've all been there. Props for recognizing it, admitting it, and dealing with it.
outworlder 6y ago
It is pretty representative of the state of the academia. You should have left it in, if only as to serve as a reminder that science nowadays is all about status.

spotinsun 6y ago

Would FIAS (https://fias.institute/en/ https://fias.institute/en/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfurt_Institute_for_Advanced_Studies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfurt_Institute_for_Advanc...) even be considered a second rate institution?

codethief 6y ago
Ignoring the fact that this is another ad hominem attack, judging a researcher by her/his home institution won't get you anywhere. I know dozens of outstanding mathematicians and physicists who are very well known in their respective fields and reside at less-than-well-known institutions. (Often, because their family is from there and they took the chance to go back.) Generally speaking, in Central and Western Europe it doesn't matter which institution a researcher is from. They're all good and those at top-tier institutions are only marginally better at best.