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Yeah, it's weird how she transitioned from being a fairly normal popsci blogger into being a sort of lubos light.
by SiempreViernes 5y ago
Yeah, it's weird how she transitioned from being a fairly normal popsci blogger into being a sort of lubos light.
- mhh__ 5y agoPopulism is like gravity, to paraphrase the Joker in the dark Knight.
- FollowingTheDao 5y agoYes, she is the Trump of Science. And I do not say that be be demeaning of either. While I do not care for Trump, he knows what he is doing when it comes to showmanship, and so does she.
- LordDragonfang 5y agoThis comparison strikes me as much more unfavorable than you admit, because while Trump is categorically not an expert on what he purports to be (running a successful business) Sabine is clearly an expert in her field.
- FollowingTheDao 5y agoTrump is successful with media, not his businesses.
- stjohnswarts 5y agoReally all he's managed to do is hang on to the money his father left him. He is good at hiring lawyers & accountants that can put a wall between his personal fortune and corporate business that inevitably go bankrupt.
- stjohnswarts 5y agoYeah while not on the same order of magnitude it's like "You're a great orator, I mean your technique has a lot in common with Hitler's talents as an orator"
- paulpauper 5y agotbh, business success and understanding is much more subjective than physics understanding.
- zone411 5y agoShe makes videos about many topics on which she's not even close to an expert.
- spaetzleesser 5y agoI think too much activity on social media does this to people.