Is science and physics becoming lazier?
It seems that way anymore, with concepts like dark matter/dark energy and string theory.
They just seem like attempts at plugging holes in formulas because scientists don't have answers yet. So, they act like these theories are true, and books are written about these ideas as if they're facts and journals treat these ideas as if they're real.
I noticed this with the planet 9 hypothesis in the news. Everyone is acting like there is a ninth planet out there, but it just seems like they were too lazy to explain crap they don't have an answer for. It may also be that they just want to seem relevant so they concoct some crap to get their names in the news.
these plugging holes, are how the real patches get started on
you are right, we dont know what the fuck we are doing, our models are not strong enough
feel free to do better. oh wait, you cant even plug holes because youre retarded armchair scientist undergrad
>>7801843
>our models are not strong enough
You mean our computation power is not strong enough. The sheer complexity of "real life" models makes numerical computation ridiculously time consuming and difficult, so we HAVE to stick with simple models for the time being.
>>7801876
I think op is talking about models made from little /poor data.
No one says that the 9th planet (if thats what it is) is figured out . and any actual scientist will tell you that our current knowledge of anything past the moon that we havmt physically probed and studied is rough oversimplification s at best .
I mean we live on a planet that we know next to nothing (relatively) about.
Its not lazyness people just make hypotheses and try to explain shit .
>>7801843
Is science and physics becoming lazier?
It seems that way anymore, with concepts like luminiferous aether, and mechanistic universe.
They just seem like attempts at plugging holes in formulas because scientists don't have answers yet. So, they act like these theories are true, and books are written about these ideas as if they're facts and journals treat these ideas as if they're real.
>>7801911
I noticed this with the planet x hypothesis in the papers. Everyone is acting like there is a ninth planet out there, but it just seems like they were too lazy to explain crap they don't have an answer for. It may also be that they just want to seem relevant so they concoct some crap to get their names in the news
>>7801915
>missing the point of the post this hard
The problem isn't science being lazy, its the way media and pop-sci have to sensationalize everything in order for anyone to give a shit.
It's all about the headlines, and "scientists discover 9th planet" sounds way more enticing than "scientists think there may be another planet but aren't sure"
