Sabine Hossenfelder: I Changed My Mind About Dark Matter! (#355)

Welcome everybody to an existential edition of the Into the Impossible podcast with one of my favorite human beings and one of your favorite human beings too, judging by my comment sections on Twitter and YouTube – Dr. Sabine Hossenfelder!

For those of you who don’t know Sabine, she is a German theoretical physicist, talented science communicator, bestselling author, and very successful YouTuber.

Today, Sabine and I talk about her latest book, Existential Physics, the current state of academia, whether we need to reform our educational system, why Sabine keeps changing her mind about dark matter, what the deal is with quantum computers and much more!

As always with Sabine, it was a great conversation, so tune in!

Key Takeaways:

Intro (00:00)

Judging a book by its cover: Existential Physics (01:40)

Should scientists promote their research? (04:32)

Thoughts on the educational system (18:49)

What excites Sabine the most in science (36:12)

What annoys Sabine most in science (40:37)

Brandolini law and MOND theory (42:19)

The global mental health crisis (53:36)

Muon g-2 (57:02)

Audience questions (1:00:26)

Outro (1:09:17)

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