adrian on Nostr: nprofile1q…f3s66 I've just recently read Hossenfelder's Lost in Math. She ...
nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpq0pr5enentc8mqgewf82cjfzyf3ztxz4c0f76rxtp6kxt3u78fy6quf3s66 (nprofile…3s66) I've just recently read Hossenfelder's Lost in Math. She criticizes the use of aesthetics especially when choosing which theories to test and keep.
Particularly in the realm of quantum physics, certain theories have remained for so long because, in the absence of concrete data for/against them, it's beauty and aesthetics that becomes the justification for maintaining those theories. And so, as the author claims, science is stuck.
Particularly in the realm of quantum physics, certain theories have remained for so long because, in the absence of concrete data for/against them, it's beauty and aesthetics that becomes the justification for maintaining those theories. And so, as the author claims, science is stuck.