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Sabine Hossenfelder has a PhD in physics. She is author of the books “Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray” (Basic Books, 2018) and “Existential Physics: A Scientist’s Guide to Life’s Biggest Questions” (Viking, 2022).
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From Sabine Hossenfelder. A brief comment on the recent appearance of Eric Weinstein and Sean Carroll on Piers Morgan’s show, and the fallout that followed afterwards. The Piers Morgan clip is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m7LnLgvMnM The interview with Curt Jaimungal is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILlhFKuu3NQ 🤓 Check out my new quiz app ➜ http://quizwithit.com/ 📚 Buy my book ➜…
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From Sabine Hossenfelder. since you asked, here’s my comment Paper is here: https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/10.1142/S2424942425500045 🤓 Check out my new quiz app ➜ http://quizwithit.com/ 📚 Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW 💌 Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg 📝 Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ 👉 Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine 📩…
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