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[–] lil_tank@hexbear.net 67 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

This woman went from funny science youtube to absolute yikes-1 yikes-2 yikes-3

[–] impartial_fanboy@hexbear.net 17 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Fortunately there's a new funny science youtube who also seems to have at least decent if not verging on pretty good politics.

[–] yewler@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 4 months ago

I adore this channel.

[–] imogen_underscore@hexbear.net 3 points 4 months ago
[–] Owl@hexbear.net 13 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Isn't her main science take that MOND is the only sensible theory of dark matter?

[–] lil_tank@hexbear.net 11 points 4 months ago

No idea, I didn't see this one

However I remember her making a whole video about being skeptical of nuclear fusion, which made sense for me at the time except now we're seeing so much progress in that field I'm wondering if she could be also wrong about this lol

[–] impartial_fanboy@hexbear.net 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

From when I still watched her, Superdeterminism seemed to be her thing. Its a non-theory, totally unprovable. I don't think she's a MOND believer, could be wrong though but either way she's not a cosmologist.

[–] immutable@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago

She is truly awful, her take in her own field is extremely dumb but it’s her takes in other fields that are even worse. Like a lot of science YouTubers she doesn’t stay in her lane, she thinks the fact someone gave her a phd for her ridiculous idea of superdeterminism gives her license to opine about other field she knows fuck all about.

If you can find any video of hers from a field you have first hand knowledge about her takes are wrong, and not just wrong, but that special kind of wrong where you completely misunderstand the basics of something and then extrapolate out from there the stupidest fucking conclusions imaginable.