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Some insights from Sabine Hossenfelder’s book Lost in Math
I’m reading the book Lost in Math by the famous Youtube content creator and scientist Sabine Hossenfelder.
The author shares stories around a common theme – beauty shouldn’t be an argument in science. According to Sabine Hossenfelder, scientists have the tendency to chase beautiful ideas and dismiss hacky, unnatural solutions that explain the world very well due to their ugliness. She gives the heliocentric model as an example. Scientists from the past had difficulties accepting that stars are as far as we know they are because the numbers were too large, which felt unnatural. I’m encountering this type of problems relatively often, with beauty being used as an argument for expensive ideas, for example new standards, or second systems / rewrites.
Who could’ve imagined that this is where I’ll find cues on my quest on figuring out web experimentation (yeah, I’ve not blogged about that, but maybe it’s a good moment to start). I’ll just share two quotes.
…you could go most of your life without having to confront [the results of an] experiment”
Apparently, physicists sometimes run experiments that take a really long time, like decades. For example, particle accelerators that are expecting to produce a new particle in decades, meanwhile postponing decision making and facing the realities of known models not producing the expected results. In my world, where experiments are run on web, I’ve also encountered long-running web experiments. Usually because the sample size is small or because we expect some distant future event to happen, which never comes.
“If you are an honest physicist, 99.99 percent of your ideas, even good ideas, are going to be ruled out, not by new experiments but already by inconsistency with old experiments.”
Same applies to web experimentation as well, although the share is probably not 99.99% (as it isn’t for theoretical physics either). Verifying ideas against prior experiments can filter out many of them quickly. But there’s always the problem – does that old experiment still apply even if we ran it X years ago? What if something in the setup was wrong and it works now?
This book touches my chords despite being unrelated to my work. Something in the area of process is overlapping. I don’t know why yet but I’ll keep reading.
#blog #blogging #Books #philosophy #physics #Sabine #science #writing -
Some insights from Sabine Hossenfelder’s book Lost in Math
I’m reading the book Lost in Math by the famous Youtube content creator and scientist Sabine Hossenfelder.
The author shares stories around a common theme – beauty shouldn’t be an argument in science. According to Sabine Hossenfelder, scientists have the tendency to chase beautiful ideas and dismiss hacky, unnatural solutions that explain the world very well due to their ugliness. She gives the heliocentric model as an example. Scientists from the past had difficulties accepting that stars are as far as we know they are because the numbers were too large, which felt unnatural. I’m encountering this type of problems relatively often, with beauty being used as an argument for expensive ideas, for example new standards, or second systems / rewrites.
Who could’ve imagined that this is where I’ll find cues on my quest on figuring out web experimentation (yeah, I’ve not blogged about that, but maybe it’s a good moment to start). I’ll just share two quotes.
…you could go most of your life without having to confront [the results of an] experiment”
Apparently, physicists sometimes run experiments that take a really long time, like decades. For example, particle accelerators that are expecting to produce a new particle in decades, meanwhile postponing decision making and facing the realities of known models not producing the expected results. In my world, where experiments are run on web, I’ve also encountered long-running web experiments. Usually because the sample size is small or because we expect some distant future event to happen, which never comes.
“If you are an honest physicist, 99.99 percent of your ideas, even good ideas, are going to be ruled out, not by new experiments but already by inconsistency with old experiments.”
Same applies to web experimentation as well, although the share is probably not 99.99% (as it isn’t for theoretical physics either). Verifying ideas against prior experiments can filter out many of them quickly. But there’s always the problem – does that old experiment still apply even if we ran it X years ago? What if something in the setup was wrong and it works now?
This book touches my chords despite being unrelated to my work. Something in the area of process is overlapping. I don’t know why yet but I’ll keep reading.
#blog #blogging #Books #philosophy #physics #Sabine #science #writing -
Hype for the Future 167/284: Town of Many, Louisiana
Overview The Town of Many is a community in and the parish seat of Sabine Parish, Louisiana, along Routes 171, 6, 175, and 1217.https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/04/16/hype-for-the-future-167-284-town-of-many-louisiana/
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Hype for the Future 167/284: Town of Many, Louisiana
Overview The Town of Many is a community in and the parish seat of Sabine Parish, Louisiana, along Routes 171, 6, 175, and 1217.https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/04/16/hype-for-the-future-167-284-town-of-many-louisiana/
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Hype for the Future 105B: National Forests of Texas
Introduction Within the State of Texas, a total of four (4) national forest zones are included, obviously on the eastern side of the State in which more humidity is typical. For each national forest, a distinct story is told about the State as a whole, with every particular regional divide representing cultural distinctions as well as geographic and potentially natural distinctions. National Forests Within the State of Texas, the national forests are named Sam Houston, Angelina, Davy […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/02/13/hype-for-the-future-105b-national-forests-of-texas/
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Hype for the Future 105B: National Forests of Texas
Introduction Within the State of Texas, a total of four (4) national forest zones are included, obviously on the eastern side of the State in which more humidity is typical. For each national forest, a distinct story is told about the State as a whole, with every particular regional divide representing cultural distinctions as well as geographic and potentially natural distinctions. National Forests Within the State of Texas, the national forests are named Sam Houston, Angelina, Davy […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/02/13/hype-for-the-future-105b-national-forests-of-texas/
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Colourful moments from across the galaxy with Sabine, Rey, and more
#StarWarsKids #StarWarsRebels #StarWars #FanthaTracks #sabine #rey #legostarwars #starwarskids
Get your fix of colour over at Star Wars Kids.
Read the whole story at the below link:
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Colourful moments from across the galaxy with Sabine, Rey, and more
#StarWarsKids #StarWarsRebels #StarWars #FanthaTracks #sabine #rey #legostarwars #starwarskids
Get your fix of colour over at Star Wars Kids.
Read the whole story at the below link:
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Climate Change Can Destroy Capitalism, Finance Experts Warn
Tl;Dr insurance people say that climate change makes lots of homes uninsurable and that can lead to mortgage Crysis.
What the author of the article and Sabine didn't say is what the cost of home insurance actually mean. It means increasing risk of homes being damaged or destroyed. What is hidden behind the numbers and statistics is an actual increase in death of people, their displacement and homelessness because that's how insurances are calculated - by the probability of a tragedy.
Sabine is snarky about activists supporting climate change because destroys capitalism. Yeah, but capitalism takes the world to the grave with it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVup2zwwo_E
#sabinehossenfelder #sabine #climatechange #anticapitalism #capitalism
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Climate Change Can Destroy Capitalism, Finance Experts Warn
Tl;Dr insurance people say that climate change makes lots of homes uninsurable and that can lead to mortgage Crysis.
What the author of the article and Sabine didn't say is what the cost of home insurance actually mean. It means increasing risk of homes being damaged or destroyed. What is hidden behind the numbers and statistics is an actual increase in death of people, their displacement and homelessness because that's how insurances are calculated - by the probability of a tragedy.
Sabine is snarky about activists supporting climate change because destroys capitalism. Yeah, but capitalism takes the world to the grave with it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVup2zwwo_E
#sabinehossenfelder #sabine #climatechange #anticapitalism #capitalism
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Sabine Eberts „Die Spur der Hebamme“ feiert Premiere auf der Felsenbühne Rathen 2025. Besuchen Sie den Pressetermin am 15. April im Sächsischen Nationalpark. #Sabine Ebert #Felsenbühne Rathen #Landesbühnen Sachsen #Hebammen-Saga #Nationalpark Sächsische Schweiz https://bit.ly/42d0lES https://www.diesachsen.de/elbland/sabine-eberts-spur-der-hebamme-auf-der-felsenbuehne-3003458?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=publizer&utm_content=textlink
