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She's fantastic. She doesn't hesitate to call out the physics community on its idiosyncrasies. She is a necessary check and balance on the mainstream body of re

She's fantastic. She doesn't hesitate to call out the physics community on its idiosyncrasies. She is a necessary check and balance on the mainstream body of researchers.

mhh__ 4y ago
She’s basically a check and balance on public perception of research, she isn’t a particularly influential physicist
XorNot 4y ago
I'm increasingly sceptical. She's not in research anymore but has found success running an "I know what I'm talking about" contrarian blog. If she was a software developer we'd rightly start to wonder about grand pronouncements coming from someone no longer practicing in the field. When your market doesn't exist if you actually agree with anyone, the incentives start to be questionable.
- jahnu 4y ago
  > She's not in research anymore What are you talking about? She is still publishing proper research papers as recently as this month! https://arxiv.org/search/?searchtype=author&query=Hossenfelder%2C+S https://arxiv.org/search/?searchtype=author&query=Hossenfeld... Some people pick up weird ideas about her and I really wonder why.
  - XorNot 4y ago
    So you're right - Research Fellow at Frankfurt Institute of Advanced Science [1] However her broad ranging commentary which tends to take the tone of "this field should listen to me but doesn't" as is the case with this article (and a few others she's done such as about the LHC[2] or black-hole information loss[3]) leaves a sour taste in my mouth. [1] https://www.fias.science/en/fellows/detail/hossenfelder-sabine/ https://www.fias.science/en/fellows/detail/hossenfelder-sabi... [2] http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2020/10/particle-physicists-continue-to-make.html http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2020/10/particle-physicists... [3] http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2022/04/i-stopped-working-on-black-hole.html http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2022/04/i-stopped-working-o...

She's fantastic. She doesn't hesitate to call out the physics community on its idiosyncrasies. She is a necessary check and balance on the mainstream body of researchers.

mhh__ 4y ago

She’s basically a check and balance on public perception of research, she isn’t a particularly influential physicist

XorNot 4y ago

I'm increasingly sceptical. She's not in research anymore but has found success running an "I know what I'm talking about" contrarian blog. If she was a software developer we'd rightly start to wonder about grand pronouncements coming from someone no longer practicing in the field. When your market doesn't exist if you actually agree with anyone, the incentives start to be questionable.

jahnu 4y ago
> She's not in research anymore What are you talking about? She is still publishing proper research papers as recently as this month! https://arxiv.org/search/?searchtype=author&query=Hossenfelder%2C+S https://arxiv.org/search/?searchtype=author&query=Hossenfeld... Some people pick up weird ideas about her and I really wonder why.
- XorNot 4y ago
  So you're right - Research Fellow at Frankfurt Institute of Advanced Science [1] However her broad ranging commentary which tends to take the tone of "this field should listen to me but doesn't" as is the case with this article (and a few others she's done such as about the LHC[2] or black-hole information loss[3]) leaves a sour taste in my mouth. [1] https://www.fias.science/en/fellows/detail/hossenfelder-sabine/ https://www.fias.science/en/fellows/detail/hossenfelder-sabi... [2] http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2020/10/particle-physicists-continue-to-make.html http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2020/10/particle-physicists... [3] http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2022/04/i-stopped-working-on-black-hole.html http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2022/04/i-stopped-working-o...