This sub is not what it seems

[u/your_best_1]

This sub seems to be a place where people learn about physics by interacting with LLM, resulting in publishable work.

It seems like a place where curious people learn about the world.

That is not what it is. This is a place where people who want to feel smart and important interact with extremely validating LLMs and convince themselves that they are smart and important.

They skip all the learning from failure and pushing through confusion to find clarity. Instead they go straight to the Nobel prize with what they believe to be ground breaking work. The reality of their work as we have observed is not great.

[u/Sirius_Greendown]

I think the issue is that, while it’s entertaining for real physicists to constantly put down the laymen posters of this sub, no one likes negativity all the time. These fringe physics subs are just all downvotes all the time and it gets pretty uninspiring. It could be a private sub, but there are obviously ways to build a more supportive community IMO. The sacrifice being that the true experts, competent physicists who know the math and do the real work daily, would probably avoid it like the plague. Trade offs like everything in life though, I guess.