Comments on: Talk to a physicist https://www.isegoria.net/2017/01/talk-to-a-physicist/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:58:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Lucklucky https://www.isegoria.net/2017/01/talk-to-a-physicist/comment-page-1/#comment-2534348 Lucklucky Sat, 07 Jan 2017 16:21:13 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=41308#comment-2534348 Isn’t Lubos one of the string theory groupies? An area increasingly discredited.

]]> By: Slovenian Guest https://www.isegoria.net/2017/01/talk-to-a-physicist/comment-page-1/#comment-2534344 Slovenian Guest Sat, 07 Jan 2017 15:10:07 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=41308#comment-2534344 * Luboš Motl is a Czech theoretical physicist, read his blog here.

]]> By: Bob Sykes https://www.isegoria.net/2017/01/talk-to-a-physicist/comment-page-1/#comment-2534224 Bob Sykes Fri, 06 Jan 2017 23:55:11 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=41308#comment-2534224 Read Lubos Motl for the opinions of a real physicist. He’s not a fan of Hossenfelder.

]]> By: Scipio Americanus https://www.isegoria.net/2017/01/talk-to-a-physicist/comment-page-1/#comment-2534048 Scipio Americanus Fri, 06 Jan 2017 01:20:45 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=41308#comment-2534048 Please don’t judge my field by this person, they are nuts. Pretty much every physicist I know would roll their eyes out of their head at the statement Dan quoted.

]]> By: Dan Kurt https://www.isegoria.net/2017/01/talk-to-a-physicist/comment-page-1/#comment-2533968 Dan Kurt Thu, 05 Jan 2017 17:59:36 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=41308#comment-2533968 Regarding “we [real physicists] also learn the walk and talk of the community, shared through countless seminars and conferences, meetings, lectures and papers,” Sabine Hossenfelder is describing a cult or a Masonic lodge. Physics and Astronomy went off the rails during the first three decades of the 20th Century. Climate “science” did the same during the last few decades of the same century.

As to her promoting math, I suspect she is promoting mathematical modeling. If so she needs to read Alfred Korzybski. In short, “The Map is Not the Territory” — nor is a model the reality. The logical error (fallacy) of reification has caused Physics and Astronomy and Climate Science to descend into fantasy.

]]> By: Slovenian Guest https://www.isegoria.net/2017/01/talk-to-a-physicist/comment-page-1/#comment-2533966 Slovenian Guest Thu, 05 Jan 2017 17:48:53 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=41308#comment-2533966 Speaking of: What scientific term or concept ought to be more widely known?

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