The Age of Amateur Scientists Is Over - Sergey Popov \ SKEPTICON 2019
Scientists often receive letters in which self-taught authors propose revolutionary theories and promise monumental scientific breakthroughs that will upend the "traditional scientific paradigm." Typically, their works attempt to "change our understanding" of cosmology, gravity, black holes, or offer an original solution to the Fermi paradox.
Unfortunately, 100% of these theories are hopeless fantasies with countless errors.
Why is this? Sergey Popov explains what a scientist's work looks like today and explains when, how, and why the time of self-taught theorists is gone forever.
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Sergey Popov is an astrophysicist, professor at the Russian Academy of Sciences, and author of the book "All Formulas of the World."
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