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Subject: youtube physics
Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2025 04:55:04 +0100
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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...)