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Sabine Hossenfelder

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Sabine Hossenfelder is a theoretical physicist at the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, in Germany, focusing on modifications of general relativity, phenomenological quantum gravity, and the foundations of quantum mechanics. She is the creative director of the YouTube channel “Science without the gobbledygook” where she talks about recent scientific developments and debunks hype. Her latest book is Existential Physics: A Scientist’s Guide to Life’s Biggest Questions. Follow her on X (formerly known as Twitter) @skdh.

Physics

It’s the End of the World and This Physicist Feels Fine

April 2, 2020
Philosophy

Electrons Don’t Think

February 27, 2020
Physics

Mind the Gap Between Science and Religion

September 15, 2019
Technology

The Real Differences Between Human and Artificial Intelligence

August 9, 2019
Physics

When Beauty Gets in the Way of Science

Insisting that new ideas must be beautiful blocks progress in particle physics.

April 17, 2019
Astronomy

First Black-Hole Image: It’s Not Looks That Count

April 11, 2019
Physics

When Gravity Breaks Down

February 14, 2019
Physics

The Present Phase of Stagnation in the Foundations of Physics Is Not Normal

The problem is loads of wrong predictions from theoretical physicists.

November 21, 2018
Communication

Outraged By the Google Diversity Memo? I Want You to Think About It

August 10, 2017
Physics

What Quantum Gravity Needs Is More Experiments

Math won’t solve quantum gravity. Experimentation will.

January 31, 2017
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