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Re:Sabine Hossenfelder: I think faster than light travel is ... by taylodl on Monday April 10, 2023 @11:14AM (#35513318)
I think Dr. Hoffstader enjoys making these controversial, click-bait videos. They probably go a long way toward paying the bills! She is well-aware that until we reconcile GR and QFT then we don't have the final word on anything. Even so, we've yet to observe anything traveling faster than the vacuum speed of light - and we've been looking!
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Re:Sabine Hossenfelder: I think faster than light travel is ... by pieter_mj on Monday April 10, 2023 @11:17AM (#35513353)
It's Sabine Hossenfelder but I get the mistake.
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Re:Sabine Hossenfelder: I think faster than light travel is ... by naikrovek on Monday April 10, 2023 @12:27PM (#35514111)
> I get the mistake.

I don't.

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Re:Sabine Hossenfelder: I think faster than light travel is ... by bogdanstanciu on Monday April 10, 2023 @12:33PM (#35514172)
probably mix up with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Hofstadter
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Re:Sabine Hossenfelder: I think faster than light travel is ... by naikrovek on Monday April 10, 2023 @01:25PM (#35514793)
ah, now I get it. sorta.
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Re:Sabine Hossenfelder: I think faster than light travel is ... by GistNoesis on Monday April 10, 2023 @01:44PM (#35515008)
I would have guessed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Hofstadter fictional character of the TV show Big Bang Theory that usually attract physics enthusiasts, but your guess is better.
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Re:Sabine Hossenfelder: I think faster than light travel is ... by throwaway81523 on Monday April 10, 2023 @04:41PM (#35517143)
I thought of Robert Hofstadter, who won the Nobel physics prize in 1961 and was Douglas Hofstadter's father.
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Re:Sabine Hossenfelder: I think faster than light travel is ... by taylodl on Monday April 10, 2023 @05:19PM (#35517516)
I did not know that!
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Re:Sabine Hossenfelder: I think faster than light travel is ... by taylodl on Monday April 10, 2023 @03:28PM (#35516343)
Yes. That's who I get her confused with. Gödel, Escher, Bach was an incredible book for me to read early on in my career.
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Re:Sabine Hossenfelder: I think faster than light travel is ... by low_tech_love on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @01:18AM (#35521135)
I love how OP made the mistake and then everyone repeated it! I wonder if that indicates something.
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