He’s pretty closed-minded about aliens as well for a man who has wrapped his head around the scale of our universe.
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Dorkyd68@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I used to think he was an insanely intelligent individual who stood for the best and most accurate scientific research. Then he had to go on TV and Twitter and run his mouth
He’s truly insufferable and yeah smart but like an idiot at the same time ya know
Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Dorkyd68@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Absolutely!! He’s afraid to dip his toes into the more “fringe” sciences such as quantum physics. He’s unable to admit that some things we simply can’t understand and that philosophical rules such as "as above so below " apply to real life
linearchaos@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Well his primary goal is to be a science communicator. His first problem is that he’s trying to fill Carl Sagan’s shoes which is a tall order by itself. Sagan was pretty amazing but most of his bread and butter were describing molecular processes with analogies. Telling you why a rubber band is stretchy in a truly relatable way is awesome. His second problem is that in the quantum realm we have tons of observation about what things do but very little information about why they do them. Most of our smartest explanations are simply describing the math that would make our observations possible. And there’s generally no way to analogize that. When you try to explain superposition to the lay person, You’re both going to have a bad time.
I figure there’s something we don’t understand about the nature of the universe that makes quantum and gravity and dark matter all make sense at every scale. We’ll probably figure it out eventually if we don’t nuke ourselves back to fighting with rocks and sticks.
Dorkyd68@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
No one and I mean no can fill sagans shoes. If that’s what he’s trying to do he gonna meet backlash as such. He needs to pace his own way and make folks interested in what he has to say. My problem with him is he portrays most everything as fact. When in reality nothing is certain and that’s what a great scientist would say
FozzyOsbourne@lemm.ee 1 day ago
I don’t think there’s anything “fringe” about QM
200ok@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I get that, though. It’s his brand.
Maybe he thinks/wonders about a ton of stuff he just doesn’t speak about on record.
Lemminary@lemmy.world 1 day ago
He’s passionate and wants to share that with people in his own way. I don’t mind that. I want to see more people who inspire us into those ideals even if they don’t fulfill them themselves.
Lemminary@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Having said that, I’m still hoping that Physics Girl gets better and makes it back to the spotlight. Poor lady fell ill during the pandemic and has been bed-ridden for years. I hope she’s doing better at least for herself and her family.
Dorkyd68@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Physics girl?