Others can say it better than me, but her videos went from well-researched science education to takedowns of the scientific process itself, hybothesis, experiment, analysis, forming new hypotheses. And takedowns of scientist in general. Conspiracies like “they’re all trying to waste taxpayer money,” which did GREAT numbers on YouTube.
I enjoyed her early videos saying “String theory is too difficult to verify experimentally, offers too little in predictive power, and gets way too much funding compared to other areas like X Y Z.” That’s a fair opinion and a discussion where rational minds can support their argument, and even agree to disagree.
“Science is sick, academia is dying, the whole field is corrupt, you can’t trust scientists” is her vibe now. You can’t have good faith arguments in that framing.
I haven’t watched Sabine in ages. She has always been fringe… Often cringe.
Science is sick. At least in America… Academia is dying. The amount of people that use AI to cheat is ridiculous. Brain rot was literally word of the year…
People are getting stupider regardless of the subject matter. I think Korn wrote a song about that and how long ago was that?
Have you considered she’s farming for clicks and really doesn’t give a fuck?
Look how she’s been attacked over the years even when she was doing videos that you all really liked I was never a fan but to each their own. Scientific method can take many facets. And that’s the wonderful thing about science is that scientists disagree with each other. But ultimately we should rely upon experimentation and predictive power and falsifiability to determine what is science and what is not.
I like Gareth from See The Pattern. I don’t agree with it everything that guy says. But that’s kind of the point he explores various theories and that’s fun. I can’t say whether they’re right or wrong and I really don’t care cuz it’s presented well and it’s entertaining.
If you are genuinely asking and not just defending, this blog post is a starting point to explain: https://timothynguyen.org/2025/08/21/physics-grifters-eric-weinstein-sabine-hossenfelder-and-a-crisis-of-credibility/
Others can say it better than me, but her videos went from well-researched science education to takedowns of the scientific process itself, hybothesis, experiment, analysis, forming new hypotheses. And takedowns of scientist in general. Conspiracies like “they’re all trying to waste taxpayer money,” which did GREAT numbers on YouTube.
I enjoyed her early videos saying “String theory is too difficult to verify experimentally, offers too little in predictive power, and gets way too much funding compared to other areas like X Y Z.” That’s a fair opinion and a discussion where rational minds can support their argument, and even agree to disagree.
“Science is sick, academia is dying, the whole field is corrupt, you can’t trust scientists” is her vibe now. You can’t have good faith arguments in that framing.
I haven’t watched Sabine in ages. She has always been fringe… Often cringe.
Science is sick. At least in America… Academia is dying. The amount of people that use AI to cheat is ridiculous. Brain rot was literally word of the year…
People are getting stupider regardless of the subject matter. I think Korn wrote a song about that and how long ago was that?
I really liked her quantum physics explainers, like the two slit experiment. I didn’t think she was fringe when she was teaching like this.
Have you considered she’s farming for clicks and really doesn’t give a fuck?
Look how she’s been attacked over the years even when she was doing videos that you all really liked I was never a fan but to each their own. Scientific method can take many facets. And that’s the wonderful thing about science is that scientists disagree with each other. But ultimately we should rely upon experimentation and predictive power and falsifiability to determine what is science and what is not.
It’s obvious that’s what’s she’s doing. But i think she believes the lies at this point.
I like Gareth from See The Pattern. I don’t agree with it everything that guy says. But that’s kind of the point he explores various theories and that’s fun. I can’t say whether they’re right or wrong and I really don’t care cuz it’s presented well and it’s entertaining.
How does that relate to Sabine?
They both discuss cosmology among similar subjects on YouTube.
Cool. I tried to get into Space Time, but he doesn’t seem as invested in actually explaining vs just presenting a script.
Old Veritasium explainer videos are very good – for example the gravity and acceleration equivalence.
I don’t watch cosmology that much any more.