A very short presentation on "epic fights in science" (or is it Science) featuring uncouth Gerrie mama Sabine Hossenfelder.
The most interesting piece of info is that Fred Hoyle was essentially denied the Nobel Prize by some angry committee, although it´s not entirely clear why. But sure, Hoyle was controversial and the Nobel Prize olympians apparently decided to make an example of him.
And no, I didn´t know that Edward Wilson and Richard Dawkins (of all people) had a public feud. Hmmm...
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