Profile of Sabine Hossenfelder
In the econtalk podcast, she does a really poor job (and is also somewhat rude with the host) in explaining why the periodic table, for example, is not analogous with  supersymmetry or with grand unification. The question : One cannot have any expected prediction from supersymmetry (unlike say the periodic table) because ____________ (no explanation given)?<p>Can someone expand?<p>Transcript :<p>Russ Roberts: I think that moment in science, and other related moments in physics, were things that were predicted--the Higgs boson being one example where things did show up. They just think, &#x27;Well, it&#x27;s just a matter of time; we don&#x27;t have powerful enough colliders. We&#x27;ll eventually develop them. And all these things have to be true.&#x27; They&#x27;re holding onto that. And I get that. Because the history seems to encourage that viewpoint.<p>Sabine Hossenfelder: No, it doesn&#x27;t.<p>Russ Roberts: Okay. Why not?<p>Sabine Hossenfelder: That&#x27;s a very sloppy look at the history (it continues)<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.econtalk.org&#x2F;sabine-hossenfelder-on-physics-reality-and-lost-in-math&#x2F;#read-comments" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.econtalk.org&#x2F;sabine-hossenfelder-on-physics-real...</a>