No, Matt, this is no crisis

Sabine Hossenfelder April 6, 2025
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As simple as possible, but not any simpler! Science and technology updates and summaries. No hype, no spin, no tip-toeing around inconvenient truths. Currently 5 videos a week (Tue-Wed-Thu and Sat-Sun). Early access for channel members. Sabine Hossenfelder has a PhD in physics. She is author of the books "Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray" (Basic Books, 2018) and "Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions" (Viking, 2022). Views are my own and do not represent any institution. Represented by Media Mobilize.

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Check out Hollyland's Lark M2S at their website https://hollyland.info/4bCV0uG or on Amazon https://amzn.to/3ZVaowT #Hollyland #HollylandMic #LARKM2S #MissionInvisible This is a comment on a recent video by Matt O'Dowd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjkqedrTwZo I find it extremely distressing that we are still discussing this even though it's abundantly clear that naturalness arguments have historically worked extremely badly. It's a pseudo-scientific method that physicists need to stop using. 00:00 Introduction 00:47 Naturalness 03:30 The Supposed Crisis 06:11 A Little Bit of History 07:49 Technical Naturalness 11:41 Past Successes? 12:53 The Confusion 18:36 In the End 20:30 Hollyland Mic Review 🤓 Check out my new quiz app ➜ http://quizwithit.com/ 💌 Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg 📝 Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ 👉 Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine 📩 Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ 👂 Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC 🔗 Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join 🖼️ On instagram ➜ https://www.instagram.com/sciencewtg/ #science #math #physics

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