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Denyse O'Leary
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February 13, 2023
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Rob Sheldon responds to Sabine Hossenfelder’s loss of faith in science

Denyse O'Leary
February 13, 2023
Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Physics, Science
Sabine says 40 years of lack of progress, with 40 years of wrong predictions is not normal, and we should not normalize it. (The field is losing graduate students, which means the end is nigh.) Read More ›
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January 9, 2023
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Sabine Hossenfelder on a fusion energy milestone (plus . . .)

kairosfocus
January 9, 2023
Engineering, Sci-Tech watch

2.5 MJ in, 3.15 MJ out . . . not counting the inefficiency of lasers: Counting 400 MJ to get the 2.5 MJ from the lasers, that is not yet “there” but it is a step. Here is another recent attempt, based on firing two plasma “donuts” at each other: The Helion people explain the challenge involved, here. Let us watch as we inch towards a fusion world. END

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Eric Hedin
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September 27, 2022
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At Evolution News: Theoretical Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder on the Deficiency of Alternative Models to Big Bang Cosmology

Eric Hedin
September 27, 2022
Big Bang, Intelligent Design
We observe phenomena in this universe that are beyond the known constraints imposed by the laws of nature, implying that natural explanations are insufficient to explain their existence. The origin of this universe is one of those observed realities that transcend the abilities of nature. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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May 29, 2022
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Sabine Hossenfelder: The big problem with quantum theory is chaos

Denyse O'Leary
May 29, 2022
Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics
Hossenfelder: "... the chaotic motion of Hyperion tells us that we need the measurement collapse to actually be a physical process. Without it, quantum mechanics just doesn’t correctly describe our observations. But then what is this process? No one knows. And that’s the problem with quantum mechanics." Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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May 21, 2022
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Sabine Hossenfelder on the closest we have to a theory of everything

Denyse O'Leary
May 21, 2022
Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics
She argues that the principle of least action is the closest we have to a theory of everything but, of course, along comes quantum mechanics and… Quantum mechanics keeps the world interesting and reminds us that this is not a deterministic world after all. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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May 2, 2022
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Sabine Hossenfelder asks, did the W-boson break the Standard Model?

Denyse O'Leary
May 2, 2022
Cosmology, Intelligent Design
Hossenfelder: Is it correct? I don’t know. It could be. But in all honesty, I am very skeptical that this result will hold up. More likely, they have underestimated the error and their result is actually compatible with the other measurements. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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April 18, 2022
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Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics
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Sabine Hossenfelder tells us who’s killing physics

Denyse O'Leary
April 18, 2022
Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics
Hossenfelder: But this illusion of progress is the minor problem. Worse is that they seem resigned to the idea that foundational work in physics is detached from experiment and technological application. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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March 26, 2022
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Sabine Hossenfelder on experiments that could prove Einstein wrong

Denyse O'Leary
March 26, 2022
Intelligent Design
Significantly, no experiment could prove Darwin wrong. But that’s not because he’s right; it’s because Darwinism has become a cultural way of seeing the world and, as such, isn’t usually testable. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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March 7, 2022
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Sabine Hossenfelder: Did the early universe really inflate rapidly?

Denyse O'Leary
March 7, 2022
Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics
Hossenfelder: In the popular science media, inflation is sometimes presented as if it was established fact. It isn’t. Its status is similar to that of particle dark matter. They are both unconfirmed hypotheses. But while most physicists agree that particle dark matter has yet to be empirically confirmed, opinions about inflation are extremely polarized. Read More ›