• youtube physics

    From sobriquet@21:1/5 to All on Sat Mar 1 04:55:04 2025
    Hi!

    Are there people here who have an opinion about the developing debate
    on yt about the supposed crisis in physics/science according to certain 'science outreach' channels like Sabine Hossenfelder?

    Since youtube comments are generally unsuitable for an open discussion
    (people can just delete your comments as they please, so there is no
    freedom of expression whatsoever and you can't link to outside sources
    because tech tyrants like google haven't figured out how to filter out
    spam, so they simply block just about all links in comments), I was
    thinking about hearing how people here feel about this topic.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJjPH3TQif0

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htb_n7ok9AU

    Personally I'm a bit ambivalent about the issue. Generally I like
    science and I think science has replaced religion as the ultimate
    authority in society and that's for the better. Although science
    is a kind of mixed blessing with associated problems like pollution,
    climate change, etc...
    It's a bit questionable whether it's fair to attribute such global
    problems to science, since generally speaking we might as well blame it
    on our human herd mentality and mass stupidity, but in the context
    of certain technological capabilities, such tendencies can potentially
    have a bigger negative impact.

    In general I'm hopeful for the future if we manage to develop AI to the
    point where it is able to debug our conceptual framework to enable
    humans to use their brain more effectively and unify mankind to
    optimize society so there is more economic equality and opportunities
    for everyone to enjoy human rights, like freedom of expression, etc..

    We have such amazing technology at our disposal these days, even basic
    stuff like the internet could really take things like access to culture
    and education to the next level if we eliminate the intellectual
    property mafia. All numbers belong to the public domain and it's kind of
    mind blowing that a number can be just about anything in the digital
    realm (movie, picture, book, app, music, etc...)

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