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While ridiculous, Eric Weinstein is a bit over the top with his accusations from time to time. For example Blaming the physics community for not looking in to h

While ridiculous, Eric Weinstein is a bit over the top with his accusations from time to time. For example Blaming the physics community for not looking in to his personal “unity” theories more.

jb775 5y ago
Sounds like the physics community wrote him off without actually considering his ideas because he didn't fit the charlatan-leftist mold of your typical physicist academic. Per Wikipedia[1]: The paper qualifies that the author "is not a physicist" but an "entertainer", and it has received strong criticism from the scientific community [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Weinstein# https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Weinstein#
- renewiltord 5y ago
  This guy doesn’t fit the mold? He’s got all the crank characteristics: you have to subscribe to his newsletter to download the draft of this so called GU model, it apparently says he’s an entertainer not a physicist, etc. I’m happy to oppose placing YouTube in the position where they have to censor stuff. But that doesn’t change that this guy’s behavior is pure bozo bit setting. And sure he’s the brother or whatever but that’s who we’re discussing.
- opheliate 5y ago
  Maybe it "sounds like" that to you, but as far as I can see, the physics community considered Weinstein's theory, and disagreed because they thought it was wrong: See [1]. Does everything have to be seen through this left-right lens? I'm highly sceptical that an important discovery in physics would be written off by any academic because its author didn't appear left-wing enough. 1: https://timothynguyen.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/geometric_unity.pdf https://timothynguyen.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/geometric_...
- seoaeu 5y ago
  ...the paper was also released on April 1st, which further boosts it being a joke.
- stefan_ 5y ago
  This is hilarious, I can't tell if Eric is a crank or he is just straight up trolling you. Admittedly either outcome isn't very favorable to you.
koheripbal 5y ago
I don't know him or his other theories. ...but we should focus the conversation on his assertions HERE TODAY. ...not attack him based on some past efforts.

While ridiculous, Eric Weinstein is a bit over the top with his accusations from time to time. For example Blaming the physics community for not looking in to his personal “unity” theories more.

jb775 5y ago

Sounds like the physics community wrote him off without actually considering his ideas because he didn't fit the charlatan-leftist mold of your typical physicist academic. Per Wikipedia[1]: The paper qualifies that the author "is not a physicist" but an "entertainer", and it has received strong criticism from the scientific community [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Weinstein# https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Weinstein#

renewiltord 5y ago
This guy doesn’t fit the mold? He’s got all the crank characteristics: you have to subscribe to his newsletter to download the draft of this so called GU model, it apparently says he’s an entertainer not a physicist, etc. I’m happy to oppose placing YouTube in the position where they have to censor stuff. But that doesn’t change that this guy’s behavior is pure bozo bit setting. And sure he’s the brother or whatever but that’s who we’re discussing.
opheliate 5y ago
Maybe it "sounds like" that to you, but as far as I can see, the physics community considered Weinstein's theory, and disagreed because they thought it was wrong: See [1]. Does everything have to be seen through this left-right lens? I'm highly sceptical that an important discovery in physics would be written off by any academic because its author didn't appear left-wing enough. 1: https://timothynguyen.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/geometric_unity.pdf https://timothynguyen.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/geometric_...
seoaeu 5y ago
...the paper was also released on April 1st, which further boosts it being a joke.
stefan_ 5y ago
This is hilarious, I can't tell if Eric is a crank or he is just straight up trolling you. Admittedly either outcome isn't very favorable to you.

koheripbal 5y ago

I don't know him or his other theories. ...but we should focus the conversation on his assertions HERE TODAY. ...not attack him based on some past efforts.