Eric Weinstein: Theories of Everything, Geometric Unity & Science’s Paths. Into the Impossible (#048)

   Part 1 of Brian Keating’s fascinating
interview with mathematician & economist Eric Weinstein on the
INTO THE IMPOSSIBLE Podcast. Topics include Eric’s provocative new
ideas on physics and science culture. Weinstein is a vocal critic
of modern academic hierarchies and advocates for advances in
scientific theory over an emphasis on experimental results.
Keating’s own issues with what he calls the “academic Hunger Games”
leads to a lively debate about funding, academic freedom, and
theoretical vs experimental physics. Find show notes and resources
are available here: https://briankeating.com/blog.php 00:11:09 Is
there middle ground between cranks and peer review? 00:20:23 The
value of Weinstein’s approach to communicating science. 00:30:50
The ethics of attribution. 00:41:26 Surviving the academic Hunger
Games. 00:54:24 Theoretical physicists can save human life by
getting us off Earth. 01:11:52 “Great science is whatever people
have done to make major advances.” 01:22:00 Experiments are only
the last step, theory is the bulk of science. 01:29:15 The logic
behind questioning accepted theories on April Fool’s Day. Eric
Weinstein has a Ph.D. from Harvard in mathematical physics. He is
the managing director of Thiel Capital. Weinstein hosts the podcast
The Portal  Find Eric Weinstein on the web:
https://ericweinstein.org and Twitter:
https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein Watch Weinstein’s “April Fool’s”
episode of The Portal, where he explains his theory of Geometric
Unity Watch Weinstein’s latest interview on The Joe Rogan
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