Talk
How Beauty Leads Physics Astray
Monday, November 15, 2021, 7:00PM
Zoom Webinar
Past Event
Open to the Public
To develop fundamentally new laws of nature, theoretical physicists often rely on arguments from beauty. Simplicity and naturalness in particular have been strongly influential guides in the foundations of physics ever since the development of the standard model of particle physics. This talk demonstrates that arguments from beauty have led the field into a dead end and considers what can be done about it.
To develop fundamentally new laws of nature, theoretical physicists often rely on arguments from beauty. Simplicity and naturalness in particular have been strongly influential guides in the foundations of physics ever since the development of the standard model of particle physics. This talk demonstrates that arguments from beauty have led the field into a dead end and considers what can be done about it.
- Sabine Hossenfelder, Research Fellow, Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS)