迷失于数学
Lost in math
Sabine Hossenfelder · 初版 2018 年
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为什么值得读
- 批判物理学界对自然性与美感的盲从
- 论点细致且外行也能轻松理解
- 继承了反思正统物理学的批判传统
“无论是思考黑洞还是预测 CERN 的新发现，物理学家都深信最好的理论必须是优美、自然且优雅的，而这一标准也将广受欢迎的理论与可被抛弃的理论区分开来。Sabine Hossenfelder 认为，这正是四十多年来我们在基础物理学领域未曾取得重大突破的原因。对美的执念已经变得如此教条，以至于如今与科学的客观性产生了冲突：观测无法证实物理学家仅仅基于审美标准所构想出的那些令人难以置信的理论，例如 supersymmetry 或 grand unification。更糟糕的是，
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作者竟然写了一篇关于科学方法问题的文章，却连 Paul Feyerabend 的“怎么都行”（anything goes）提都没提。他也没提 Sabine Hossenfelder 那本精彩的《迷失在数学中》（Lost in Math）——书里以门外汉都能听懂的方式把这个确切的问题讲得透透彻彻。没提 Karl Popper，也没提我们到底凭什么使用数据背后的哲学……
The author managed to write an article on the problems of scientific method without even mentioning Paul Feyerabend's "anything goes". He didn't mention either the fantastic "Lost in Math" by Sabine Hossenfelder, in which this precise problem is fully addressed in a manner that uninformed people can grasp. No mention of Karl Popper and the philosophy behind why on Earth do we use data…
读到那一段时，我心想作者真该去读读 Sabine Hossenfelder 最近出的书《迷失在数学中：美是如何误导物理学的》（Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray）。在那本书里，Sabine 非常有说服力地论证了我们对新理论的审美判断会如何把我们带偏。谈到简洁性时她说：> 这个梦想仍在推动着研究……
As I read that paragraph, I thought to myself that the author should read Sabine Hossenfelder's recent book Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray. In that book, Sabine argues quite convincingly that our aesthetic judgements of new theories can mislead us. She says of simplicity, > This dream still drives research…
……https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturalness_(physics) Hossenfelder 曾写过一本书，批评当前主流对“自然性”（naturalness）的重要性与作用的看法：https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36341728-lost-in-math 这里有一篇极好的书评，其中还链接到了 Wilczek 捍卫正统观点的文章：https://aapt.scitation.org/doi/10.1119/1.5086393?fbclid=IwAR...
…https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturalness_(physics) Hossenfelder wrote a book crtizising current mainstream thinking on the importance and role of naturalness: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36341728-lost-in-math Here is an excellent review that also links to an article by Wilczek defending the orthodoxy. https://aapt.scitation.org/doi/10.1119/1.5086393?fbclid=IwAR...
Hossenfelder 是个两极分化严重的人物。《迷失在数学中》（Lost In Math）是一本发人深省的书，延续了其他弦论反对派（Smolin、Woit、Rovelli，大致就是“圆周研究所那帮人”）的传统。《通往量子引力的三条路》（Three Roads to Quantum Gravity）是最后一本面向大众的……
Hossenfelder is a polarizing figure. “Lost In Math” was a thought-provoking book in the tradition of the other string iconoclasts (Smolin, Woit, Rovelli, roughly “the Perimeter crowd”). “Three Roads to Quantum Gravity” was the last general audience book…
顺便说句公道话（FWIW），Hossenfelder 在这篇文章里听起来有点像个走极端的反对派民科，但她的书《Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray》其实逻辑极其细腻、论证也非常扎实。
FWIW, Hossenfelder sounds a bit like a crackpot contrarian in this article, but her book "Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray" is incredibly nuanced and well-argued.
两周前我听了一期非常有趣的 EconTalk 播客[1]，是 Sabine Hossenfelder 讲物理、现实与《迷失在数学中》（Lost in Math）。Hossenfelder 本人是一名理论物理学家，主攻量子引力研究，同时也是法兰克福高等研究院的研究员。她的语调令人耳目一新，直率坦诚，而且……
Two weeks ago I heard a very interesting EconTalk podcast[1] by Sabine Hossenfelder on Physics, Reality, and Lost in Math. Hossenfelder herself is a theoretical physicist, and researches quantum gravity. And a Research Fellow at the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies. She has a refreshing tone and frankness, and…