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Sabine Hossenfelder - Why the Multiverse Is Religion

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    • July 29, 2021 at 4:15 PM
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    Yes, she has a very interesting channel in YouTube, I encourage you to see it. I'm pretty sure she'd enjoy learning about EP.

    Exactly that comment about Plato made me think it would be welcome around here. And it got me to see another video of her about the multiverse, which also should fit around here somewhere, because she makes the association of such speculations (the multiverse) with religion. Here it is:

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    • July 29, 2021 at 4:35 PM
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    OMG she is OUTSTANDING! Thank you again Camotero!!

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    • July 29, 2021 at 7:37 PM
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    "Not wrong but superfluous"

    That's a great quote. ^^

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    • July 29, 2021 at 9:14 PM
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    Bryan I hope you are doing well! I know your interest in physics - have you run into Sabine Hossenfelder and do you have any opinion of her?

  • Cassius July 29, 2021 at 9:15 PM

    Changed the title of the thread from “Sabine: Hossenfelder - Why the Multiverse Is Religion” to “Sabine Hossenfelder - Why the Multiverse Is Religion”.
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    • July 29, 2021 at 10:55 PM
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    Not finding any link between Epicurus and Hossenfelder, but saw this:

    Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder Fears Theorists, Lacking Data, May Succumb to "Wishful Thinking"
    Blogger “Bee” Hossenfelder is not afraid to sting her fellow physicists.
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    and thought this was a great quote, too:

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    Hossenfelder: Religious explanation is an oxymoron.
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    • July 29, 2021 at 11:12 PM
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    Thank you Don for that. The title looks promising.

    One would like to think (since we admire Epicurus' thinking on his subject) that others would be logically drawn to the same conclusion, whether or not they have ever heard of Epicurus. So it shouldn't be surprising for us to find people who agree without mentioning Epicurus. I hope we will find that she has an affinity for Epicurus, but the disappointing thing in life is that so few seem willing to say what she seems willing to say.

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    • July 29, 2021 at 11:14 PM
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    "Bee" - Ha!

    And Bingo THIS is what I was looking for from her:

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    • May 19, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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    Thank you Don for that. The title looks promising.

    One would like to think (since we admire Epicurus' thinking on his subject) that others would be logically drawn to the same conclusion, whether or not they have ever heard of Epicurus. So it shouldn't be surprising for us to find people who agree without mentioning Epicurus. I hope we will find that she has an affinity for Epicurus, but the disappointing thing in life is that so few seem willing to say what she seems willing to say.


    It appears from this interview with Hossenfelder, that she does read philosophy. Might be interesting to just ask her about her views on Epicurus focus on natural science.


    Horgan: Do you find philosophy useful?

    Hossenfelder: Sometimes. I find philosophy useful to understand what it is that we really do in science, or at least the different ways to think about it. I would classify myself as an instrumentalist, but not all my colleagues are. And it’s good to know what their attitude is because it helps me put their motivations and interests into context.

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    Interesting video, but I doubt she’d align herself with Epicurus - she’s a hard determinist.

    I don't believe in free will. This is why.
    Learn more about differential equations (and many other topics in maths and science) on Brilliant using the link https://brilliant.org/sabine. You can get st...
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    Check out the math & physics courses that I mentioned (many of which are free!) and support this channel by going to https://brilliant.org/Sabine/ where you ...
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    You don't have free will, but don't worry.
    In this video I explain why free will is incompatible with the currently known laws of nature and why the idea makes no sense anyway. However, you don't need...
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    I wonder if she believes that the Universe, itself, is responsible for creating her videos.

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