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About that: Hosting a lecture in a university physics department [Oxford] without inviting any physicists is, at best, an unforgivable oversight. As my colleag
by leepowers 6y ago
About that:
Hosting a lecture in a university physics department [Oxford] without inviting any physicists is, at best, an unforgivable oversight. As my colleague Subir Sarkar put it, “It’s surprising that the organisers did not invite the particle physicists to attend – if indeed the intention was to have a discussion.”[1]
If the theory is to be anything but a dalliance he really needs to engage in conversation. Weinstein may be right, or his ideas may very well stimulate other ideas in the field. But the hard work of debate and discovery comes first, afterwards the headlines.
[1] https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23595-weinsteins-theory-of-everything-is-probably-nothing/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23595-weinsteins-theo...
- noetic_techy 6y agoThe article hints to a correction that was ommitted and the letter it links to is a dead link. I highly doubt he didn't "invite anyone from the physics dept". Listen to Eric's podcast and you will come to realize that his relationship with mainstream physics dept is much more complex and nuanced.