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Waarom natuurkundigen ook een beetje filosoof zijn

Niels Martens was interviewed on NPO Radio 1 about his life as a philosopher of astronomy, during the week in which he took over the X-account NL_Wetenschap (Dutch Only).

Recording

Verdampt alles in het heelal, niet alleen zwarte gaten?

Antonio Ferreiro responds to new theory that every object, not only a black hole, evaporates (Dutch only)

Article

...whether physicists like to admit it or not, they are not ideal rational agents or robots, but they are also social beings, and that can affect the outcome of the research

Postulating a single new entity [e.g. a cosmological constant] to solve exactly one problem is according to many philosophers of science not particularly great science.

It is not uncommon for telescope observations to result in more questions than answers.

The ngEHT has placed a major institutional bet on redrawing the lines that have confined academics to separate departments, professional gatherings and research funding panels in response to the challenges faced by modern science.

If you’ve ever tried to write a paper (or anything!) with someone else, you know how difficult it can be. Now imagine trying to write a scientific paper with over 300 people.