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Re:The contrarian physics podcast subculture by mc32 on Thursday August 21, 2025 @04:00PM (#44977351)
On the other hand "establishment" science get their hairs up when she criticizes them, so there is that.

She has had valid criticisms of the industry -and it is an entrenched industry like others. Basically the momentum that keeps something going beyond its usefulness but keeping it going keeps the money rolling in.

I admire her willingness to make those people irked even though it brings flak along with it.

Re:The contrarian physics podcast subculture by cycomanic on Thursday August 21, 2025 @04:43PM (#44977835)
Yes very admirable to dishonestly misrepresent scientific progress, and making millions by accusing scientists to steal public money by working on things that she calls bullshit (based on her misrepresentation).
Re:The contrarian physics podcast subculture by giacomoforte on Thursday August 21, 2025 @07:01PM (#44979182)
As a publicly funded scientist there is nothing I find more frustrating than witnessing colleagues peddle bullshit to funding bodies and waste tax payers money, and more importantly waste opportunities for young scientists and the country to do something worthwhile with the available resources.
Re:The contrarian physics podcast subculture by eecc on Thursday August 21, 2025 @05:45PM (#44978463)
But does she make millions? I highly doubt that
Re:The contrarian physics podcast subculture by cycomanic on Thursday August 21, 2025 @07:17PM (#44979319)
She has close to 2M subscribers, puts out several videos per months with 10s of thousands to millions of views and wrote a (or more) popular science book i suspect she would be on 6 to 7 figures. But that's a reasonably uniformed guess.
Re:The contrarian physics podcast subculture by jcranmer on Thursday August 21, 2025 @09:36PM (#44980200)
Ad revenue runs around $1/1000 views, and her output looks roughly daily with a few hundred K views per video on average. That means she's grossing maybe a few hundred K/year. But that's gross, not net; she still has to pay for all of her expenses out of it, and converting that to a net income... I suspect the average Bay Area tech worker has a higher take-home pay than she does.
Re:The contrarian physics podcast subculture by mc32 on Thursday August 21, 2025 @05:55PM (#44978567)
I think it's admirable that she wants to avoid government waste and boondoggles. Of course, lots of science careers depend on doing things that get nowhere. She favors science that results in tangible or discernable results instead of waste like the next super duper McCollider face.