What Sean Carroll thinks about metascience

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Theoretical physicist at Johns Hopkins University, Homewood Professor of Natural Philosophy, host of the Mindscape podcast and author of Something Deeply Hidden.

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1. 22 Apr 2024

   Our readingThe Nobel Prize is probably a net good for the world and a net negative for science, because it makes scientists want to win a Nobel Prize.

   Their wordsI think that Nobel Prize has enormous problems. I think it’s probably a net good for the world because it brings attention to good science. I think it’s probably a net negative for science because it makes people want to win the Nobel Prize.

   ↗Sean Carroll: General Relativity, Quantum Mechanics, Black Holes & Aliens | Lex Fridman Podcast #428youtube.com 20th of 20 in this recording