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Angela Collier · 437.9K views · 2025-07-24 · 39:23

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Overview

Physicist Angela Collier critiques 'vibe physics', the idea that non-experts or billionaires can make scientific discoveries by chatting with AI chatbots, drawing a parallel with vibe coding.

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HN points to it as a takedown of AI-assisted amateur physics, though a few commenters push back on it.

Recommended by 1 HN people across 1 months · HN mentions 2025–2026

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LLMs & generative AIScientific method & science communication
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southwindcg · 2025-09 · Recommendation

Do you have a background in math and physics, or are you another person who would benefit from watching Angela Collier's vibe physics video? [VIDEO]

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DaiPlusPlus · 2026-08 · Criticism

> I have Claude break down high level physics "as if I'm a farmer standing in a field" - works beautifully. Careful now: [VIDEO]

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mattgreenrocks · 2025-08 · Criticism

He doesn’t. I think it’s the same mental phenomena that Gell-Mann Amnesia works off of. That interview is practically radioactive levels of cringe for several reasons. This is an excellent takedown of it: [VIDEO]

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