Episode
Sabine Hossenfelder on Physics, Reality, and Lost in Math
EconTalk · Sep 30, 2019 · 1 h 06 min
Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder talks about her book Lost in Math with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Hossenfelder argues that the latest theories in physics have failed to find empirical confirmation. Particles that were predicted to be discovered by the mathematics have failed to show up. Whether or not there is a multiverse has no observable consequences. Hossenfelder argues that physicists have…