First the video shitting on trans people and now this. The trajectory is exactly the same.

  • Beaver [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    Sabine’s heel turn has been really discouraging. I think her commentary on the stagnation of progress in physics has been influential and important. And while she’s definitely riding the Contrarian wave with her science communication videos, they are often a really good supplements to new science stories in mainstream media, going into much more depth.

    She’s now on the classic Intellectual Dark Web glide path, which starts with producing commentary about wider social issues, and in the process just regurgitating the same reactionary shit that gets clicks. The algo with reward her, and she’ll just coast into screeds about whatever weird reactionary niche ends up speaking to her heart.

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      It started even earlier when she joined a right wing Twitter mob against Wikipedia. Reactionaries were making a fuss about Wikipedia funding lib anti-racism things and told Sabine Hossenfelder. She then immediately tweeted that this was unacceptable and she disavows Wikipedia etc. etc. If she really cared so much about the scientific method, she wouldn’t have just immediately agreed with reactionaries about Wikipedia. She also would have better criticism of Wikipedia.

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        Wikipedia is consistently anti-communist and relies on imperial core capitalist sources

        i sleep

        Wikipedia decides to be slightly less racist

        REAL SHIT