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Once again I am impressed with Wolchover's consistently great writing. I think I could call myself a fan at this point. There's no bullshit. There's no more gl
by mabbo 6y ago
Once again I am impressed with Wolchover's consistently great writing. I think I could call myself a fan at this point.
There's no bullshit. There's no more glossing over details than needed. The key finding is explained in as close to a layman's terms as you can get, given it's deep physics, yet with some human elements to it. And both sides of any debate are given a chance to give their side of the story.
Science writing will never please everyone, but this has exactly the level of detail I enjoy.
- king_magic 6y agoI completely agree. I find her writing very straightforward to understand.
- KingFelix 6y agoalso agree, great stuff
- avmich 6y agoQuality of her articles - depth, precision, explanation power - rivals those of Martin Gardner, which is admittedly a high bar. I don't know anybody else today coming close.
- firebaze 6y agoNot to deep into this topic, but Sabine Hossenfelder, both providing a critical insight and depth+precision is also something to consider as an outsider to physics. See backreaction.blogspot.com. Hits my sweet spot between maths, physics and layman guidance.
- whatshisface 6y agoHossenfelder is not that much of an outsider, she publishes respectable papers and is supported by many physicists, and she agrees with essentially every part of the present consensus.
- isaacg 6y agoI think "to consider as an outsider to physics" here means "for people who are outsiders to physics to consider".
- codeulike 6y agoI'm so pleased it doesn't start with stuff like "It was a windy autumn afternoon in Geneva in 1991, and Carlo Broggini had no idea, as he sipped his coffee, that the results he was about to see on his computer would turn the physics world upside down"
- sasaf5 6y agoYou forgot to use "whimsical", "flabbergasted" and "discombobulated" ;)
- whatshisface 6y agoThe moment you think it's going to start, "Carlo Broggini grew up in the lazy suburbs of..."
- akdor1154 6y agoCame here to comment on the great article, great to see I'm not alone.
- rayiner 6y agoThis was excellent. Substantial enough that it didn’t feel superficial to me having taken a class in quantum mechanics. But still approachable enough for someone who only took that one class and didn’t major in the subjects.