Sabine Hossenfelder: I Changed My Mind About Dark Matter! (#355)

Into the Impossible With Brian Keating

Brian Keating

Science, Physics, Natural Sciences

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🗓️ 9 October 2023

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Welcome everybody to an existential edition of the Into the Impossible podcast with one of my favorite human beings and one of your favorite human beings too, judging by my comment sections on Twitter and YouTube – Dr. Sabine Hossenfelder! For those of you who don’t know Sabine, she is a German theoretical physicist, talented science communicator, bestselling author, and very successful YouTuber. Today, Sabine and I talk about her latest book, Existential Physics, the current state of academia, whether we need to reform our educational system, why Sabine keeps changing her mind about dark matter, what the deal is with quantum computers and much more! As always with Sabine, it was a great conversation, so tune in! Key Takeaways: Intro (00:00) Judging a book by its cover: Existential Physics (01:40) Should scientists promote their research? (04:32) Thoughts on the educational system (18:49) What excites Sabine the most in science (36:12) What annoys Sabine most in science (40:37) Brandolini law and MOND theory (42:19) The global mental health crisis (53:36) Muon g-2 (57:02) Audience questions (1:00:26) Outro (1:09:17) — Additional resources: 🥗 Thanks, HelloFresh! Go to HelloFresh.com/50impossible and use code 50impossible for 50% off plus 15% off the next 2 months. 📝 With a MasterClass annual membership, you can take one-on-one classes from the world’s best for $10 a month with your annual membership, get unlimited access to every class — and even better, right now, as an Into The Impossible listener, you can get 15% off when you go to MASTERCLASS.com/impossible. 🧑‍💻 Visit LinkedIn.com/IMPOSSIBLE to post your job for free! 🎤 Join me and ⁦Lawrence Krauss for an Onstage Dialogue ⁦at the San Diego Air & Space Museum Tuesday, Oct 17, 2023 at 7:00 PM: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/live-onstage-dialogue-brian-keating-lawrence-m-krauss-tickets-699430514497 📚 Existential Physics by Sabine Hossenfelder: https://a.co/d/3AK10pI ➡️ Follow me on your fav platforms: ✖️ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrBrianKeating 🔔 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/DrBrianKeating?sub_confirmation=1 📝 Join my mailing list: https://briankeating.com/mailing_list ✍️ Check out my blog: https://briankeating.com/blog.php 🎙️ Follow my podcast: https://briankeating.com/podcast — Into the Impossible with Brian Keating is a podcast dedicated to all those who want to explore the universe within and beyond the known. Make sure to follow so you never miss an episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	So if it's not dark matter, then what else could it be?
0:04.0	Sabina Hasenfelder is one of the most popular science communicators on YouTube.
0:08.5	You can't spell Sabina Hasenfelder without the letters NOBS. She's beloved for her no-n-n-s.
0:14.8	She's beloved for her no-nonsense, no-b-s attitude towards science.
0:19.5	I never had a chance to become an Olympic swimmer. Is that hair? And renowned for her ability to
0:26.1	simplify the world's most challenging topics to educate millions across the world.
0:31.0	Join us as we dive deep into some of the biggest questions in
0:35.3	science today such as is the global mental health crisis real? Well I was trying
0:40.6	to figure out if there really is one.
0:42.8	How old is the universe really?
0:45.1	We use the word Big Bang to mean three different things.
0:48.6	And does dark matter even exist. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Open the pod bay doors now.
1:05.0	Welcome everybody to an existential addition of the Into the Impossible
1:11.8	Podcast with not only one of my favorite human beings but your favorite human being by judging in the comments section on Twitter and YouTube.
1:21.0	It's Dr. Savina Hasenfeld.
1:23.0	They're joining us all the way from Baden,
1:25.1	bottom or some place in Germany somewhere, Heidelberg.
1:29.4	Savina, how are you this evening where you are?
1:31.8	Yeah, I'm good. It's's about the thunderstorm about to come down so you
1:37.2	might get to hear it and it's called Baden-Würzenberg. Okay sorry yeah well
1:42.4	yeah I'll get you to pronounce some Spanish names of places in San Diego. We'll see how it goes.
1:48.3	Sabina, you were always welcome on the podcast. We love hosting you and having you and we love watching your videos and
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