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    Mind the Gap Between Science and Religion

    by Sabine Hossenfelder Sep 16, 2019 3 minutes
    Scientists should respect the limits of their discipline.Photo illustration by Triff / Shutterstock

    Have you heard that we may be living in a computer simulation? Or that our universe is only one of infinitely many parallel worlds in which you live every possible variation of your life? Or that the laws of nature derive from a beautiful, higher-dimensional theory that is super-symmetric and explains, supposedly, everything?

    I’ve heard that too. It’s how my research area, fundamental physics, often ends up making headlines: With insights about the nature

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