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> Eric Weinstein is a mathematician, economist, physicist, and managing director of Thiel Capital. Eric tweeted otherwise earlier today [1]: > Attention: I fo
by hirundo 8y ago
> Eric Weinstein is a mathematician, economist, physicist, and managing director of Thiel Capital.
Eric tweeted otherwise earlier today [1]:
> Attention: I found out from Wikipedia that as of the 17th, I'm NOT a mathematician anymore despite a PhD, but an economist. I now state that I've never taken a class in economics. In physics I have a semester of mechanics. No E&M/QFT.
> I'm the Impostor your mama warned you about.
[1] https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1108814304785006592 https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/110881430478500659...
- dmix 8y agoYou cant be sarcastic on the internet without someone taking it seriously.
- hirundo 8y agoI think he's saying that he's formally trained as a mathematician, but not so much as an economist or physicist. I suppose he could still be considered a self taught economist / physicist.
- nydel 8y agoit's a well-constructed (i got it) & well-executed joke (it got me).
- petulla 8y agoHe has published papers in economics https://www.ineteconomics.org/uploads/papers/Weinstein-GUI_NSF_SG_Complete_INET.pdf https://www.ineteconomics.org/uploads/papers/Weinstein-GUI_N...
- adaptiveValleys 8y agoHe doesn't consider himself a physicist either.[1] [1] https://youtu.be/2wq9x2QcZN0?t=2025 https://youtu.be/2wq9x2QcZN0?t=2025 At 33:45 of the podcast after he gives the kinetic-potential energy analogy to describe his distrust of Pinker's optimism.
- taneq 8y agoCan you just... stop being a mathematician like that? I'm not sure it's allowed.