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"string theory lied to us and now science communication is hard" (www.youtube.com)
submitted 1 year ago by interolivary to c/science
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Dr. Angela Collier plays the Binding of Isaac: Rebirth and talks at length about what went wrong with string theory, and how that affected science communication.

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[–] bmaxv@noc.social 23 points 1 year ago

@On @interolivary the point she was making was that her job is harder because some people are actively dishonest and that creates distrust towards her entire profession, not just the individuals.

Big focus on the how it happened for this case of string theory.