At first I downweighted this article the way we usually do with internet dramas, but on a second look, I think it perhaps deserves better. However, the title is too high-octane (too sensational and personality-focused) to have a good effect on an HN thread.
I've therefore changed it to a different phrase from the article body, which is more neutral and more about the underlying phenomena. It's not a perfect swap, so if anyone can suggest a better (i.e. more accurate but still neutral), we can change it again.
This is not a criticism of the author—we know what people have to do on the internet. But it's in keeping with what we're optimizing this site for: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor....
(Submitted title was "Physics Grifters: Eric Weinstein, Sabine Hossenfelder a Crisis of Credibility")
Thank you, Mr. Defender of Curiosity on Hacker News.
That said, I may not have installed super complex packages, but for years now I have never ever experienced one situation (on Windows, ok) where pip did not just work. For me, pip is the way.
I also have the Python folder be a Git repo, and every `pip install` is a commit, and every project is a branch. Why so difficult?