> She didn’t cut it and now is in a non-tenured position at a second rate institution.
What an awful reply to legitimate criticism. I infer that some of your friends at CERN talk about her (quite successful) book this way?
What an awful reply to legitimate criticism. I infer that some of your friends at CERN talk about her (quite successful) book this way?
Lee Smolin, who did "cut it" and who worked in several first rate institutions, wrote about the same thing in his 2006 book The Trouble With Physics. So Sabine Hossenfelder is not alone with these opinions.
We've all been there. Props for recognizing it, admitting it, and dealing with it.
Generally speaking, in Central and Western Europe it doesn't matter which institution a researcher is from. They're all good and those at top-tier institutions are only marginally better at best.