wrote:
"And I think it SHOULD be something of a red flag when models change wildly every time we launch a new, improved space telescope)"
They aren't. Where are you getting that idea? YouTube videos? 😜 It's true that lots of science popularizers like to talk about the latest observation "breaking cosmology", but that's not at all accurate. The subject is moving quite slowly and steadily.
If you're curious about other bad Hossenfelder videos, try this and my comment in this thread:
https://mathstodon.xyz/@david_colquhoun@mstdn.social/114449610452640067
John Carlos Baez
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