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Completely agreed. I was skeptical about her at first. My first exposure to her was the panel interview hosted by PBS Space Time "Theories of Everything" https:
by aeonik 5y ago
Completely agreed. I was skeptical about her at first. My first exposure to her was the panel interview hosted by PBS Space Time "Theories of Everything" https://youtu.be/N_aN8NnoeO0 https://youtu.be/N_aN8NnoeO0
At first I thought she was biased because she was was so skeptical about almost every point during the discussion, but her logic and arguments were all so solid and well thought out, they were impossible to ignore.
I checked out her channel, and she was the first YouTuber that I found who actually explained the syntax of Quantum Mechanics equations and what Kets are. https://youtu.be/ctXDXABJRtg https://youtu.be/ctXDXABJRtg
More detailed content would be greatly welcomed from her.
- billfruit 5y agoDoesn't Feynman Lectures book III explain kets fairly well?
- hobo_mark 5y agoFeynman was a YouTuber?
- AnimalMuppet 5y agoHow did you go from "Feynman Lectures Book III" to "Youtube"? billfruit was asking about a book.
- goldenkey 5y agoLet me answer for OP. Because all these lectures are actual recorded lectures that have been uploaded to YouTube.
- 8note 5y agoSomebody put his lectures up on YouTube a long time ago. If "person who's content is available on YouTube" qualifies one as a YouTuber, then yes
- bee_rider 5y agoI think generally "YouTuber" is taken to mean somebody who is building particular YouTube personality/brand thing. But even if we want to be very general and just parse it using default English, the -er suffix would mean someone who is doing something. I believe it would be more accurate to say Feynman was YouTubed.
- sdenton4 5y agoHave you read 'Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman'? Dude was a youtuber physicist in a world where youtube didn't exist.
- mbaytas 5y agoFeynman most probably would be a youtuber if he were alive. Even posthumously he’s been one of the most popular educators on youtube.
- IG_Semmelweiss 5y agoHere is my first exposure to her. Its an in depth discusson on her own book. She does strike me as very cynical. https://www.econtalk.org/sabine-hossenfelder-on-physics-reality-and-lost-in-math/ https://www.econtalk.org/sabine-hossenfelder-on-physics-real...
- qsdf38100 5y agoShe seems to be after some hidden truth that "scientists" are not telling us. I’d be more appreciative of her insights if those were not implying we’ve been lied to. She should consider that 1. Being wrong is ok, doesn’t mean someone’s lying. 2. Maybe she is wrong. 3. Interpretations of quantum mechanics are fun and there’s nothing to be angry at. So I’m a bit skeptical about her skepticism, it doesn’t sound constructive to me.
- AnimalMuppet 5y agoI read the article. I've read other articles of hers as well. And I don't read her that way at all. What she primarily is, is someone who insists on experimental data as an anchor for physical theories. She's not totally against theory that isn't backed by experiment (despite her last paragraph or two), but given multiple competing theories that cannot be experimentally verified, she is unwilling to accept any one of them as "the truth". I don't think she's wrong in that.
- qsdf38100 5y agoSorry I didn’t read the article. I plaid guilty. I have this feeling because of how she comes across on YouTube content, which might not be representative of her work.
- AnimalMuppet 5y agoWell, the article was the transcript of one of her YouTube posts. But the article doesn't tell me tone of voice, facial expression, and the like. So... maybe I have to say "Sorry, I didn't watch her on YouTube."
- lumost 5y agoShe makes very specific points on what can and can’t be reasonably treated as a scientific problem. Her main concern appears to be that much physics research and funding has deviated towards mathematical philosophy. Work which may be correct, but is untestable and ultimately unscientific.
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