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Highly recommended to watch the entire video and also check out the other stuff by Angela Collier (formerly acollierastro). Also funny that Avi takes string th
by DemocracyFTW2 3y ago
Highly recommended to watch the entire video and also check out the other stuff by Angela Collier (formerly acollierastro).
Also funny that Avi takes string theory as an example of mainstream science. Some scientists are not sure it's science at all because it was never based on anything but assumptions.
- reaperman 3y agoHas string theory ever led to important testable predictions? I’m very out of the loop on theoretical physics.
- nick238 3y agoCollier has a video on the history of string theory as a narrative and how it kinda tainted the public perception of high energy/particle physics: "String theory lied to us and now science communication is hard" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kya_LXa_y1E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kya_LXa_y1E
- DemocracyFTW2 3y agoMicrosoft Copilot seems to agree with me that the answer is No, it has not
- klyrs 3y agoFor whatever it's worth, my cousin's baby agrees with your copilot; my pinky toenail is refusing to answer. That's a pretty good signal, 2/3 non-experts can't be wrong. Edit: my apologies, the baby changed their answer when they realized the question wasn't an offer of string cheese. Results are inconclusive.
- defrost 3y agoThere was a big HN thread 19 hours ago on "20 years of Not Even Wrong* that's worth a gander: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39753115 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39753115
- bdjsiqoocwk 3y agoString theory predicts special relativity.