A review by kahawa
Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray by Sabine Hossenfelder
4.0
Good, generally easy enough to follow, although I got lost in a few places talking about maths (I just realised I wrote that without thinking about the title! :)).
I've kind of been tracking this problem in physics for a while now - theories that are too beautiful, too elegant not to be true. And also too opaque, too untestable, and too naively subjective....
I have this feeling that maths is one big tautology, but not recognised as such. As for physics, I want it to be testable, but it's never going to be 100% testable by humans, because humans are part of the system. And things like multiverses just can't be tested, even if they represent reality.
I've kind of been tracking this problem in physics for a while now - theories that are too beautiful, too elegant not to be true. And also too opaque, too untestable, and too naively subjective....
I have this feeling that maths is one big tautology, but not recognised as such. As for physics, I want it to be testable, but it's never going to be 100% testable by humans, because humans are part of the system. And things like multiverses just can't be tested, even if they represent reality.