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[โ€“] Krudler@lemmy.world 17 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

The facts are:

She has a PhD in theoretical physics. She could not find meaningful employment in particle physics. Unless somebody can correct me, she's produced little if anything substantive to the field.

In the last several years she has engaged in attacks against the public trust for science. She engages the conspiratorial-minded viewers who're looking for any reason to disavow scientific knowledge.

One example was putting on scripted theatrics while reading a self-penned letter fraudulently claimed was from a prominent scientist, who's identity and details of course must be kept totally secret. Reading out this "bombshell letter" was a transparent children's play, where the held-anonymous writer magically agreed with every one of her endless, bleating refrains, that most scientific research is "bullshit".

Then her support for Eric Weinstein who is a complete grifting con-man with an "entertainment" publishing that he fraudulently describes as both a "paper" and a credible physical theory. It was literally released on April 1 and directly in it, it tells you it is a work of fiction meant for entertainment, and like all good science (/s) may not be used, incorporated into other works, or improved upon. It's a complete piece of hogwash, and every credible physicist from here to Mars has described as not fit to wipe fecal matter; not a theory, not even science.

Then there's all the Theil money.

Check out Professor Dave on YT, he just fucking obliterates her.

Edit

First https://youtu.be/70vYj1KPyT4

Second and better https://youtu.be/nJjPH3TQif0

Third and best, 3.5 hours of clobbering with qualified physicists https://youtu.be/oipI5TQ54tA

[โ€“] polle@feddit.org 3 points 3 hours ago

Thanks for explaining!