Sabine Hossenfelder cast herself out from academia and took a recent turn to monetizing laundering peoples vague understanding string theory is a waste of time (cannot be proven empirically) into academia is doing fake work and if they'd apologize and own up to it, maybe we would trust them again.
Most famously, through a bizarrely written letter from an anonymous whistleblower pleading that she not topple the academy, as it would ruin the lives of thousands of academics making up things to get grant money to survive.
Ran my comment + your reply through AI and asked it to respond to you, as I do want to help. Let me know if there's other instructions I can give it, it may have taken your variable ask too literally? :(
Here's its output:
Sabine Hossenfelder, after distancing herself from academia, has recently pivoted to monetizing a specific narrative:
Let’s define Premise A as “String theory is a waste of time because it cannot be empirically proven.”
She generalizes from Premise A to a broader Claim B: “Academia, more broadly, is producing fake work.”
Her argument seems to imply that:
If academia were to publicly acknowledge this, or apologize for promoting unverifiable theories, then the public might begin to trust it again.
This general thrust reached a kind of crescendo in one of her more notorious moments:
— An oddly written letter, allegedly from a whistleblower within academia, essentially begging her not to “bring down the system.”
The letter’s rationale? That dismantling the status quo would destroy the livelihoods of thousands of academics who, according to the letter, are fabricating just enough plausible-sounding work to secure grants and stay afloat.
Sabine is an asshole. Doesn't mean she is wrong, and I appreciate when she reads some paper that has made a bunch of headlines to figure out if they're full of crap or not (spoiler alert: the answer is usually yes), but while she can identify the problem she's not part of the solution. Her divorce from academia means she has little power to affect change for the better given how the incentives are currently aligned. She can make a lot of noise, but the people actually pulling the levers have rigged the system in their favor enough to not care.
So she is an arsehole for exposing bullshit? I don't see the problem. I think people take issue with her because of her confrontational persona.
>while she can identify the problem she's not part of the solution
Does she have to be, in principle?
> Her divorce from academia means she has little power to affect change for the better given how the incentives are currently aligned.
Wouldn't be so sure about that. She is getting more public exposure than most academic would in their lifetime. More importantly, exposure to audience _outside_ of academia. Voters. Her effort in creating public awareness has certainly stirred the nest in some academic circles.
Hossenfelder feels like a fraud. She likely is.
Yeah, you see that's 100% not a citation, and shows why we need academia...
Sabine Hossenfelder cast herself out from academia and took a recent turn to monetizing laundering peoples vague understanding string theory is a waste of time (cannot be proven empirically) into academia is doing fake work and if they'd apologize and own up to it, maybe we would trust them again.
Most famously, through a bizarrely written letter from an anonymous whistleblower pleading that she not topple the academy, as it would ruin the lives of thousands of academics making up things to get grant money to survive.
I can't parse either of your sentences. Maybe you could introduce some intermediate variables, or use parentheses to give them structure?
I can't parse what you're asking for :|
Ran my comment + your reply through AI and asked it to respond to you, as I do want to help. Let me know if there's other instructions I can give it, it may have taken your variable ask too literally? :(
Here's its output:
Sabine Hossenfelder, after distancing herself from academia, has recently pivoted to monetizing a specific narrative: Let’s define Premise A as “String theory is a waste of time because it cannot be empirically proven.”
She generalizes from Premise A to a broader Claim B: “Academia, more broadly, is producing fake work.”
Her argument seems to imply that:
If academia were to publicly acknowledge this, or apologize for promoting unverifiable theories, then the public might begin to trust it again.
This general thrust reached a kind of crescendo in one of her more notorious moments: — An oddly written letter, allegedly from a whistleblower within academia, essentially begging her not to “bring down the system.” The letter’s rationale? That dismantling the status quo would destroy the livelihoods of thousands of academics who, according to the letter, are fabricating just enough plausible-sounding work to secure grants and stay afloat.
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Sabine is an asshole. Doesn't mean she is wrong, and I appreciate when she reads some paper that has made a bunch of headlines to figure out if they're full of crap or not (spoiler alert: the answer is usually yes), but while she can identify the problem she's not part of the solution. Her divorce from academia means she has little power to affect change for the better given how the incentives are currently aligned. She can make a lot of noise, but the people actually pulling the levers have rigged the system in their favor enough to not care.
So she is an arsehole for exposing bullshit? I don't see the problem. I think people take issue with her because of her confrontational persona.
>while she can identify the problem she's not part of the solution
Does she have to be, in principle?
> Her divorce from academia means she has little power to affect change for the better given how the incentives are currently aligned.
Wouldn't be so sure about that. She is getting more public exposure than most academic would in their lifetime. More importantly, exposure to audience _outside_ of academia. Voters. Her effort in creating public awareness has certainly stirred the nest in some academic circles.