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This is like the fifth hot take of hers. Sabine Hossenfelder, you have lost subscriber
Any other recommendations for science news roundups?
i like Anton Petrov
i haven't seen all his stuff, but when I do, he's usually pretty good at separating hard facts from speculation and pointing out wishful thinking in headlines https://www.youtube.com/@whatdamath/videos
Her views in physics are radical tho! That most classical science channels dont offer ugh ! Just her last video do ur own research taught how to do research of our own and she comes up with this shit lmao !
Other physicists I've talked to her have called her a wingnut at best, and a crank at worst, and that's my impression is the same.
I know right, her videos on quantum physics, especially the delayed choice quantum eraser debunked, resolved a lot of confusion for me, since in physics we don't do a lot of interpretation and in phil of physics, there's too much waffling and jargon. She's contrarian on purpose, for sure, but this is just hardcore stemlord game-theory idealist nonsense.
PBS spacetime if you want to focus on physics. Good overview, and if they cover a fringe theory they will tell you so.