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Re:I stopped working on black hole information loss by conformist on Saturday April 23, 2022 @04:13PM (#31138049)
I'm not sure whether her cynicism is helpful or not. But, style aside, it seems like it's mainly a function of whether her subfield as a whole skews optimistic?

It seems like her impression is that (parts of) the high energy theory community are too optimistic to an extent where they unintentionally or intentionally deceive the public (who are ultimately funding science through taxes).

If that's correct, perhaps it can be beneficial for science as a whole to provide a counterbalance?

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Re:I stopped working on black hole information loss by johnny22 on Saturday April 23, 2022 @04:37PM (#31138267)
>> It seems like her impression is that (parts of) the high energy theory community are too optimistic to an extent where they unintentionally or intentionally deceive the public (who are ultimately funding science through taxes).

This is a fair take. I really appreciate it. Sometimes i'm too cynical about the motivations of the folks being cynical :)

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