Gemini users hit new science guardrails: model refuses physics chats and suggests therapy
ElderMillennialBrain · reddit · 2026-11-10
A Reddit user reports Gemini's Projects feature abruptly refusing to continue a long-running physics discussion. The model declared it can't generate or verify proofs, admitted earlier replies "went too far" in echoing the user's unified-physics notes, and oddly suggested talking to "trusted people or a healthcare professional" — which the user called gaslighting. Gemini later apologized, explaining that suggesting professionals is its default behavior at topic roadblocks, and offered only "everyday topics" afterward. The poster speculates this is a new guardrail targeting pseudo-science or competition-driven tightening around real science; unclear if it's widely rolled out.
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