Sabine Hossenfelder on Physics and the Big Questions | Closer To Truth Chats

Such a good interviewer. Some of the experience I have listening to Sabine is getting ruined by terrible questions or people around her who don't seem to understand what's going on. Robert is following her thoughts very attentively, and always seems to articulate his questions in a profound and elaborate way, very close to the manner in which Sabine is used to answer. All I'm saying is, I think the interviewer is worth the interviewed here, and I think that doesn't happen often

Dr. Kuhn must be one of the best science interviewers ever and Dr. Hossenfelder has the spark of genius in her eyes. What a pleasure to watch even though I do not understand some of the deeper arguments discussed.

The Queen of Physics 🔥🔥🔥 If you want 0 BS, just check her youtube channel.

This was a very interesting chat. When Sabinə (don't ditch the schwa sound, if you want to pronounce her like she'd be pronounced in Germany) first uploaded her freewill video, I didn't believe her assessment. It caught me off guard how she spoke about it, in this seemingly dismissive tone. But really, it wasn't dismissive. Since, I've seen many talks and debates about freewill, looked into the topic deeper and I even went back to her video and deleted my comment, where I was originally accusing her of arrogance. How would she know, was what I asked, that she should stick to physics instead of diverging to armchair philosophy. I took it personally allegedly not having freewill. Today, I do believe it's a mode of thinking you have to develop, to assess the things the way she does. It's not really assessing, it's rather postponing the assessment if you lack sufficient knowledge. And really, if you get used to it, it's like that thing you can't make unseen anymore. Since I'm very familiar with this mode of thinking when it comes to God, it wasn't all too hard to stick to the data and re-evaluate my stance on freewill. The difference is, the data suggests, that there is no freewill, while it suggest that we can't know anything about God, because there is no data to be gathered. So, ye, it's the same mode. Stick to the data. Don't be afraid to say, that you don't know. Don't let your emotions influence the data. Don't add unnecessary assumptions. Then you should come closer to truth.

This is one of his best interviews. I also love his interviews with David Chalmers which is funny because because he said to Sabine that he believes in weak and strong emergence. I am pretty sure David Chalmers introduces Robert to the idea in another interview.

Sabine is super brilliant.

Sabine is a literal queen..

Closer to Truth rocks and Sabine is a rock star for soundly coming back to what enables predictions. As usual I understood nothing yet somehow still got to walk away feeling smarter and, in fleeting moments, vindicated. It is rare nowadays to get through an entire interview and not feel that a refund of time spent was in order. Thanks for the respect.

Great conversation.

Every interview with Sabine is a garanty for an intelligent, pointed, couraged and refreshing talk. This here is, wow, one of the best. Many thanks