Yes, well Mr. Smarty Pants, did we increase that rate?

If you roll your eyes too many times they'll stay like that.

Savage.

for those who want to save 8 minutes here’s the OH summary:

string theory was pulled out of someone’s ass and then other people pulled a bunch of stuff out of their asses to try to justify it

fun fact: before we understood nuclear fusion people theorized the sun was fueled by coal

final reflection: you gotta start somewhere

Nobody's saying you don't have to start somewhere. String theory is just overhyped and there are more promising things to pursue.

I said that when my boss told me to start working.

Definitely. It's so pretty tho

Which is Sabine's main beef with physics these days.

Yes, and from a proper scientific point of view I understand the objection to the desire for physics to be pretty. But honestly I don't feel like a proper scientist, I feel about math like I feel about creative art, music in particular. If the math behind a theory in physics is beautiful I don't care that much whether it's an accurate description of actual reality, and I don't care at all about its usefulness and applications. Sometimes I think I should have studied pure maths