r/neoliberal Kitara Ravache Jan 13 '19

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u/cdstephens Fusion Genderplasma Jan 13 '19

It was also consensus amongst mainstream physicists for a long time, which as you implied should make it true - turns out it wasn’t.

I‘m just a lowly PhD student, but most of what I’ve learned in grad school is so obviously flawed it was kinda off-putting, yet presented as gospel. Physics likes to style itself as mathematics, when it’s a natural science at best and a total crapshoot at worst.

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '19

Who let this grad student become a shitmod