Eric Weinstein - Why Does The Modern World Make No Sense? (4K)

Eric Weinstein is a mathematician, economist, former managing director of Thiel Capital and a podcaster.
It's a rough time to be a human. The massive increase in information we have access to has made understanding the world harder, not easier. Whether it's higher education, culture, physics, or pretty much anything else, life can be very confusing.
Expect to learn what Eric thinks about the most recent furore coming out of Harvard, why the world of physics has made no progress in decades, why Jeffrey Epstein was interested in Stephen Hawking, how much truth there is in the recent flurry of stories about inter-dimensional extraterrestrials, Eric's predictions for the 2024 election and much more...
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00:00 The Downfall of Harvard
11:02 Is This the End of DEI?
22:14 Are Legacy Admissions a Bad Thing?
29:58 Why Stephen Hawking is in the Epstein Documents
38:45 The Problem With String Theory
52:45 When Will it Be Time to Put String Theory Down?
56:00 The Current State of Aliens & UFOs
1:05:00 Technology Required for Aliens to Come to Earth
1:18:29 Why Can’t We Say Certain Things?
1:23:59 Eric’s Predictions for the 2024 Election
1:35:55 Wanting Fame is Like Wanting to Be on the Titanic
1:53:16 Society’s Nostalgia for a Unifying Narrative
1:59:57 Is There Power in Prayer?
2:15:14 Why Teenage Boys Are Becoming More Right-Wing
2:30:20 The Rising Trend of Toxic Compassion
2:38:10 The Letter Churchill Received From His Father
2:44:40 Why the UK Makes Eric Angry
2:55:37 What’s Next for Eric
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[@ChrisWillx]

Hello you savages. Get a free list of my 100 favourite books - chriswillx.com/books/ Here’s the timestamps: 00:00 The Downfall of Harvard 11:02 Is This the End of DEI? 22:14 Are Legacy Admissions a Bad Thing? 29:58 Why Stephen Hawking is in the Epstein Documents 38:45 The Problem With String Theory 52:45 When Will it Be Time to Put String Theory Down? 56:00 The Current State of Aliens & UFOs 1:05:00 Technology Required for Aliens to Come to Earth 1:18:29 Why Can’t We Say Certain Things? 1:23:59 Eric’s Predictions for the 2024 Election 1:35:55 Wanting Fame is Like Wanting to Be on the Titanic 1:53:16 Society’s Nostalgia for a Unifying Narrative 1:59:57 Is There Power in Prayer? 2:15:14 Why Teenage Boys Are Becoming More Right-Wing 2:30:20 The Rising Trend of Toxic Compassion 2:38:10 The Letter Churchill Received From His Father 2:44:40 Why the UK Makes Eric Angry 2:55:37 What’s Next for Eric

[@user-rg7sg6kp1p]

I'm a simple man. I see Eric, I watch.

[@kungfujoe2136]

narrative storytelling ...sounds like simulation theory to me

[@codydog1700]

I like Eric but on Joe Rogan, his TDS was a bit too much.

[@mikaeldarander3458]

So, if Eric wasn't such a coward (imagine Zlatans personality) he would not have the need for pubkic therapy by proxy e.g, podcasts to get closure. Interesting to listen too, thanks😊

[@Eric-vy6wd]

If it's Eric or Bret, I'm in....

[@russianfolktales3641]

A linguistics professor at Harvard was lecturing his class the other day. He said, " in English, a double negative forms a positive. However, in some other languages, such as Russian, a double negative remains a negative. But there isn't a single language, not one, in which a double positive can express a negative ." A voice from the back of the room piped up, "Yeah, right."

[@jimjamjerry]

Hahaha

[@MrNickEarly]

Solid hilarity right there

[@aquachonk]

An old joke, much circulated, not Harvard.

[@JohnDeanMusic]

​@@aquachonk just take the joke!

[@BlackJesus8463]

lol

[@steveturner1472]

I don't think Eric is arrogant. I believe he just thinks at a higher level than me and probably most of this audience. He doesn't disparage his colleagues, but actually defends them. He is open to being wrong, but requires evidence, and is willing to defend science with mathematics and data. I admire someone who is willing to openly discuss the many topics this interview touches. I also think Chris is amazing at asking for clarification and dumbing down the responses for those of us that don't have the background or IQ of these two people. New fan of both.

[@realestatesuzzi]

Indeed, a real scientist. That is how scientist are suppose to be. '

[@user-bi8ge4xy1j]

That’s right….. his IQ is…. Outstanding.

[@RafaelAguilar1987]

I didn’t know Eric, but he seems to speak from wisdom. When you know know so much and yet make an effort to find simple words to explain is humbling. I don’t completely agree with his opinion but because of that I think I have seen things I’ve been missing.

[@michaellolesi4496]

The arrogantly brilliant Always need 😢to remind those/others to STAY whithin YOUR educational LANE..... BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T GO THROUGH THE crap schooling I have to be recognised by people l grew to despise.....

[@solasolandra4175]

he comes across as having a MASSIVE ego...

[@jeremy454]

The reason we have Trump vs. Biden is because we don’t have a media that does its job

[@anitakephart3851]

One reason, of many....

[@Icefury]

One of the most brilliant, riveting, intellectual powerhouse conversations I have heard in a VERY long time. Chris, Eric the chemistry you two have is quite rare and unseen these days. Please do another long format interview soon!

[@RealziesCuts]

523 days No Alcohol 🥇

[@ChrisWillx]

You're an animal. Congrats

[@wombatburrito5896]

Congrats buddy I’m three days in

[@theunluckycharm9637]

5 years sober off of heroin I now ride a motorcycle and am happy.

[@tje8346]

Congrats man!! You got the power!!

[@natekidwell]

Congrats. I'm almost at 8 months which beats my old record by 7 months.

[@pineapplesandthegovernment6522]

I swear no other podcast host/interviewer gets quite this level of upbeat, relaxed energy from Eric- it's great to see.

[@gps9715]

Yeah this was the best I've seen Eric. He's usually quite frustrating to listen to. Lots of word salad and empty pontifications. This was much more enjoyable.

[@dildofaggins731]

How so ? Jk 😊

[@mattk8810]

@@frankcooke1692he is known to be very smart and very involved in deep shit. He is a great philosopher that struggles to dumb down his speech

[@earthian3658]

I would beg to differ. I really enjoy the way Lex gets him to open up get along.

[@JacksonTaylorandTheSinners]

I was thinking the same thing. He seems to really enjoy showing him how smart he is. They have great chemistry.

[@Bern1808]

This is such a great conversation. It's great to see Eric so relaxed, so much of what he says is thought-provoking. In many interviews I've seen, it comes across that he is uncomfortable and frustrated. His process, voice, and ideas are so valuable and he articulates them so well, often unpredictably.

[@LLS710]

I learn more from Eric W in one hour than I probably learned in 4 years of college. Thank you Mr. Chris for having this guy on. I wish there were a stronger word than the words thank you.

[@dqf9830]

This is sad

[@AustinKoleCarlisle]

"It is no measure of health to be well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society."

[@karolisz815]

Jiddu Krishnamurti ☝️🙏

[@DrBrainTickler]

Well then, I am the healthiest unhealthy person within this Romanesque dumpster fire emulation.

[@brendawilliams8062]

@@DrBrainTickler😂

[@thomasmoss1066]

Harvard is done being respected.

[@RealziesCuts]

🦊

[@12coco100]

"The worlds biggest mass murders come out of Harvard University"

[@FazeParticles]

Academia needs to be regulated. Sounds weird but the lack of regulation gave birth to critical race theory and DEI.

[@mr.cantsay]

​@@FazeParticlesI'm sure the regulators hate the easy votes.

[@007bbox]

I suspect they don’t seek approval from strangers online

[@mattsilberbauer3373]

Listened to this over 3 days… and uhhhh Eric is utterly, bewilderingly brilliant. What a pleasure listening to him. A true pioneer of thought. Well done to Chris, too, for orchestrating an excellent conversion that I shan’t forget soon.

[@td6486]

Thank you for the band recommendation, Sleep Token. "The Summoning" was so good! I was not ready for such a change in pace halfway through the song!

[@AdmiringObserverR]

Is this the one that he said the member got doxxed in?

[@kosh6612]

"I don't know how to react, the world doesn't make sense anymore" (rough quote) - oh... that hits hard. I really appreciate hearing an adult and informed conversation. A rarity nowadays

[@RicardoMartinez-oh9sq]

Sex with animals, I swear it that a foreign lady I internet-dated admitted to me that his father had done it, I was so shocked, the Adams Family.

[@davidingham3409]

The world never did make sense.

[@KatJ3st]

Indeed

[@AstroBioMan]

What the hell, I would never have trusted my advisor to defend my thesis instead of me - it's not his role to be the expert in what I did. That's insane

[@likwidsun2303]

I don't think Eric it fleshed it out here, the way he has in other interviews. My understanding is, they shut him down, not because he did a poor job on his argument, but because they didn't like the subject. They do not believe it speaks well of physics to indulge in what they consider to be the fantastic…? (this is my, very poor interpretation of what occurred.)

[@knowahnosenothing4862]

@@likwidsun2303 String theory is a religion and the gatekeepers it's zealots, my take.

[@vandogtrailer6701]

​@@likwidsun2303 Eric did receive his PhD from Harvard. They didn't shut him down by not giving him the degree. I think it's important to listen to what he said about the two faces of Harvard to understand why they handled it like that.

[@joseaguirre744]

Physics is a pseudoscience.

[@boburanus69]

@@knowahnosenothing4862 Most of what we discuss right now in physics is religion. Quantum this, teleportation that, worm holes, spacetime, all of it is a belief held by people who can't bigger picture.

[@Copa20777]

Am from Africa, am so zoned in on this man Mr Eric Weinsten, yep he would restore Harvard for the scholars

[@isobelgardnerlmft4939]

So true all of it. I’ll never forget when I was seated in my car stuck in traffic on Washington Boulevard in LA between Lincoln and the beach when an elderly male was chased through the cars by a soldier that looked like he came out of a sci-fi movie. He was huge and was in military gear carrying a weapon I’ve never seen before. I instantly thought I was in the middle of a movie shoot. The elderly man fell right in front of a truck next to me and the soldier reached him aiming the weapon in his face. I then thought what if this is not a movie shoot (I certainly didn’t see any camera crew) but a terrorist attack so I panicked and manoeuvred my small Prius between the two cars in front of me and managed to escape the scene. As I was driving I saw multiple police cars approaching the scene I left behind so I thought it was all taken care of. After I arrived at my friends home I called the police who told me IT HAD NOT HAPPENED!!! WTF?? I called every police station I could think of and they all gaslighted me and denied I had seen what I had seen. It was bizarre to say the least. The next day I called the hotel that was right there and the guy who answered said there was a lot of black cars and seemingly undercover police or secret service/FBI. What I do not understand is why did they have to gaslight me that I never saw what I saw. It could easily been explained with FBI CAUGHT A bad guy. No one ever did. Bizarre. I was quite shocked and traumatised and I think the public has the right to know what this was.

[@chrismullin8304]

The cops are left in the dark regarding those sorts of black SUV apprehensions.

[@laneneal3510]

😮

[@joshseetanah7828]

Could you describe what the weapon looked like?

[@splintershield]

I was spellbound for all three hours. Incredibly thought-provoking. Thank you all!

[@RMHeemstra]

Yup.

[@dredrotten]

Yeah, some people can waffle on for a long time.

[@dermotmeuchner2416]

@@dredrottenyou listened through.

[@Ratinevo]

“Every high civilization decays by forgetting obvious things.” - G.K. Chesterton

[@Joey-bj5lq]

Like being civil...

[@Ratinevo]

@@Joey-bj5lq And forgetting that we are autonomous thinking individuals, not piles of sh!ts. They don’t understand anthropology at all.

[@Rishabh-Dev]

Like taking moral and Ethical values for granted. Sure shot recipe for decaying civilization.

[@user-ih5jr8rt5q]

civilization is human domestication not a good thing, ever

[@AlyThree3]

@@Joey-bj5lq If we go by history... it was never really civil. LOL

[@susanponce6618]

I Totally agree w Eric about certain people who should NEVER be around our children!

[@centerfield6339]

The bit where he talks about how we could decide obvious questions within minutes or days if we chose to is profound.

[@brendawilliams8062]

Eric obviously doesn’t feel obligated just philosophically interested

[@user-hn1sp5uc9n]

I’m 48, and Harvard hasn’t been the “shining city on a hill” since affirmative action sunk its dirty talons into Harvard. Now, DEI makes the old affirmative action look conservative.

[@BenMJay]

“When you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors - When you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don't protect you against them, but protect them against you - When you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice - You may know that your society is doomed." Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged, 1957

[@williamh.gatesiii8183]

Most affirmative action went to white women.

[@Michael-qy1jz]

People are NOT getting this as a whole, and there is a 99.99% chance my comment is ghosted or erased, but>> This Warfare with woke, DEI, gender pronouns, open boarders and all this other stuff is there to BRING DOWN our institutions and our trust as subversion & demoralization programs run rampant in the west, mainly America. We may see the U.S implode and split, which is the GOAL of international Oligarchs/Corps.

[@q__________]

I don't agree with DEI. BUT, People are celebrating the glorious dismantlement of "DEI" at Harvard, but there doesn't seem to be any "DEI" actually being dismantled. Seems like the only tangible impact is the further chilling of political speech critical of Israel This is what actually happening. The people fighting for free speech became the first ones to silence it. Both the right and the left are frauds. One thing is clear: Don't criticize Israel in America.

[@BrownOpsLeak]

All according to plan

[@michaeljohnson1761]

I live in a rural area, drive a pickup truck, wear cowboy boots, have horses, would absolutely go see Nitro Circus, and I still watch every interview with Eric Weinstein that I can find. So, no, you wouldn't be completely unknown at the Circus.

[@casperblackwell6831]

Same!

[@WraithlingRavenchild]

You and I use race cars to race and education to be better informed. Judging from this interview, we would be out of place at Harvard.

[@felixzulauf2162]

Are you a serial killer

[@NDScope]

One of the only truly interesting people.

[@carefulcarpenter]

​@@WraithlingRavenchildI worked in the private residences of some of the most brilliant an powerful people on the planet. A highly-skilled carpenter who lives rural and drives to Silicon Valley. I haveca wide variety of experience, education, skill. I self-learned (5) high-skilled trades. Always fixed our vehicles. Did 24 years of research and discovered something that the brightest people like Eric and his brother likely could not wrap their heads around. Why am I so confident?

[@avrilgriswold6088]

Thank you Eric! So affirming to hear you say that teachers should stay away from our children. I’ve been saying this to my daughter who has a 14 year old daughter who thinks she’s a boy. All encouraged by her school and teachers. It needs to STOP!

[@thenewriotact]

The guest is very smart. I’m glad that you guys allow the short pauses and silences. I hope he does go on to save the idea of universities and prestige. I feel like I’ve given up on them

[@user10cool]

I had the privilege of meeting Eric at a cafe last year. He was so humble and spent almost an hour talking to me and my group of friends. Funny enough, we talked about how we attend a Latin Mass Catholic Parish. God bless Eric.

[@CC-uq4hu]

He’s so clever and I love his wise eyes…what colour are they? I bet green

[@soonerbmama6727]

God bless you all.

[@josephlebard2061]

Jesus said no one comes before God except me , why do catholics pray to deities such as mother Mary, Peter, etc. That, to me, is non Christian do you not have fear for your soul . Lord be with you .

[@jadioris]

He’s humble in many ways yet so incredibly arrogant as well.

[@smeuchel]

​@@josephlebard2061 they do not pray to them they pray for their intercession. There is a difference. Think of it like asking a friend who works at city hall to talk to the Mayor for you.

[@immortalsofar7977]

I wasn't planning on watching a 3 hour interview, even with Eric, but the video started and I didn't move for 3 hours.

[@MsElke11]

I was mesmerized too by the obscure language in the first hour, and then Eric started playing the blues and I felt like i found my soul brother.

[@wojecire]

This is how I felt precisely

[@shannamcdonough9588]

When I recently heard him - I was like this is one of the smartest person I've ever heard - glad he is not afraid to speak up - against some very dumb violent people

[@JP.Danny007]

Almost hypnotic!!

[@danielcillie1856]

​@@shannamcdonough9588he makes me feel smart and then very dumb again, especially when he says stuff like the 42:17 that goes over my head.

[@musicbro8225]

If I could get passed the YT AI content moderation, If I could get passed all the cynics, If I could get passed the sea of voices, I would send to Eric, a loving man, my sincere love in return. There were so many moments in this talk that moved me, as a 65 year old white man from New Zealand. Wonderful podcast Chris; you have much to feel proud of.

[@marsis63]

I am 65 y o white woman from Washington state. Your post expressed how I experienced this podcast also. ❤

[@bunrisl]

So far, despite Eric being an economist, I have never heard him speak about the world economic system. Is there a reason he never puts this very important component of modern society into his discussions?

[@Hard_7_Iron]

The very first time I heard Eric, I thought he was just pissed off. However, 40 plus years working in engineering made me want to hear more. Now I realize we got lazy with our thinking…or scared to speak when we realize (feel it in our gut) that something is wrong, we just go along to get along. I throughly enjoy hearing his thought process on various topics. Chris, your methods of getting those thoughts flowing is terrific. Thanks to BOTH of you for great conversation.

[@justsayin3600]

My first time listening to this podcast. Eric is brilliant.

[@brendansullivan3408]

Sounds like a charlatan to me. I know his cv. But seriously. On other episodes he thinks physicists should work to exit this planet wtf. And all the cheerleaders... I mean all these comments. What a joke. He expresses a couple good thoughts.. e.g. bashing modern acedemia and weak majors, string theory, etc. However I must say, he says what he wants and doesn't seem to worry about upsetting people.

[@nedhill1242]

lol! Eric is arrogant beyond belief. I have seen him for a few years. He always thinks he’s the smartest person in the room. At some point in every podcast he interrupts the person whose podcast he is on to tell him let me tell you what you’re trying to say or let me tell you why you’re right for the wrong reasons etc. etc. He thinks he’s the smartest person in the room, brilliant, while at the same time thinking he is equally aggrieved & victimized. I’ll take his brother Brett any day of the week and twice on Sundays over Eric!

[@brendansullivan3408]

We fight the good fight. I want someone that says all the sensible stuff without all the wacky stuff.

[@nedhill1242]

@@user-ze8zo5uv2s Bravo! That is some first-class sarcasm, my friend. It’s a dying art, but I love when people know how to use it effectively!

[@kiloyardstare]

Could we just have Eric on every month? He seems to be one of the only people spreading sanity.

[@jpthinks]

I concur

[@capitalofcambrom]

He's incredible, I could listen to him for hours and hours (and in fact just did haha)

[@DEANMORGAN-ej9du]

He is great! He does need a dose of his brother. Brett is better at explaining things to dummies like me

[@78dancosta]

He's great but he would be even better if he hadn't spent SO much time in academia. He's become unable to speak in a way that isn't condescending.

[@drts6955]

He's full of shit. But definitely interesting to listen. I can't believe he's still banging on about his theory about the CPI being fixed. He had a friend and economist on his own podcast who explained to him why he was wrong about it. And he's acting like that conversation never happened

[@rudinrinearson3936]

This is a great cast. First-timer to Modern Wisdom, long-time follower of Eric. Great platform and convo had forward movement.

[@Mascarenhasification]

Thank you for this conversation Chris and Eric! ❤ Modern Wisdom is Self Knowledge

[@wl4446]

When Eric said he didn’t know why they are guarding the exit to “limitless energy “, I thought, “I have an idea why.” Those with great wealth and power are likely very comfortable with and quite fond of the current structure of our society. And such knowledge would completely disrupt that.

[@sunshinewalker6074]

Maybe, they have found the key and send everyone who could replicate the work, off into String Theory so that only they have the power? Jeffery was just keeping Tabs on who what working on what so that " they" would know who was getting close and needed a nudge " funding" away from discovery ?

[@leslielearnorth]

Yup. It’s very simple.

[@donaldrobertson1808]

I agree. Karl Marx was quite prescient in the predictions he made. But his proscriptions were monstrously wrong. Marxism & subsequent extensions to his philosophy is vile in every way. Being implemented as a form of governance has always led to catastrophic amounts of death, misery, bleak arrested development, dysfunction, & ultimate societal collapse This being stated & out of the way, his prescient predictions included that bourgeois capitalism is such an efficient powerful system of innovation that it would ultimate reduce industrial manufacturing processes would ultimately be reduced to information which has no cost. They will be able to manufacture goods so cheaply & abundantly that the price of their products would fall so low that they wouldn't be able to afford to pay their employees which render the masses with no money to pay for their practically free products. The economic model of bourgeois capitalism would collapse ending it as a viable system. Thus it would lead to its own demise However, the owner class would not go quietly into the night. This is because they never were truly interested in manufacturing products more efficiently to be more competitive to make a profit. It was the profits with the power that they brought to this class that was most important. It was even more important than the vast luxury & material comfort there wealth brought. They would never willingly give up this power, doing whatever were required to retain it. To move beyond the old economics of scarcity into a new era of abundance, the workers would have to engage in a violent revolution to overthrow the owner class & seize control of the means of production After deposing the owner class, & whatever means of governance & police enforcement that supported them, they would then set up a dictatorship of the proletariat which entailed establishing an absolute dictatorship by seizing all power & nihilistically murdering anyone who could possibly challenge them Next they would begin carrying out the communist revolution by removing all remnants of the old bourgeois order. This is when communism would become violent in a pathologically sick manner, becoming much more bloody & genocidal than what had already occurred during the workers revolution & the establishment of the dictatorship of the proletariat I don't see how it would be possible for a better more "just" & "equal" system to emerge with people being selfless to the point of voluntarily sharing all material wealth equally from such a morally depraved violent system that does not value individual freedom, individual life, or objective truth at all Up until recently I didn't think that Marx's prediction that the owner class would never willingly give up power was correct because I didn't like the idea of engaging in a violent overthrow of the government & bourgeois capitalism that I thought would be unnecessary. I still don't like the idea of engaging in violence & am willing to avoid doing so until the point of being violently attacked or being enslaved by having all rights & property stripped away with no possible way out in order to avoid such enslavement. You can be assured that such enslavement would quickly be followed by the slaughter of a large percentage of the enslaved population If we were to survive the end bourgeois capitalism & any attempt of the owner class holding on to power then the ensuing era would become interesting. Let's say that cheap limitless fusion energy & virtually full industrial automation led to the end of scarcity & bourgeois capitalism. We would then have an economics of abundance that would no longer require never ending increases in growth & consumption of resources in order to keep the economy healthy & providing employment & growth opportunity for most people. This would usher in the opportunity of ushering in a steady state economy that would require consuming an ever increasing amount of resources. TBC, growth in production would be achieved by becoming ever more efficient using the same amount of resources. With limitless cheap energy we could recycle much of our resources. We would still need to consume new resources but not an ever increasing amount of them. With the advances we could make in material science coupled with limitless energy we could minimize the amount of environmental damage incurred obtaining whatever new natural resources that would be necessary each year. TBC, in a steady state economy the amount new natural resources need each year would remain constant. We would also be able to afford mining near earth asteroids to obtain rare elements There would be a few serious social issues that would need to be overcome. How would this post bourgeois capitalist system be structured. I believe that we would need to make it as free & decentralized as possible. If we turned to centralized power, to implement such a new economy we would be assured that such power would end up crushing the individual, most of mankind, all freedom, human thriving & happiness. Perhaps it would crush humanity all together. We need to return to a liberal that provides true freedom as intended & has done so quite during various past eras. But it would do so much better than before avoiding the known mistakes & limitations of the past. How this could be achieved one could only speculate on at this time The other problem would be what to do with all of the unemployable people who would no longer be needed in the workforce to create abundance. An open ended BMI system will never be sustainable in the long run. Possibly BMI for life could be provided in exchange for reproductive sterility. Only people who earned a living by working would be allowed to reproduce. This would provide a one time massive reduction in Earth's human population over the course of a single generation. Be repulsed by it if you wish but it wouldn't involve such massive unwanted death & much less misery than what the monstrous course that our current global elite seem to have embarked on by culling the population through disease, poisoning by way of vaccines, possibly mass starvation by invoking artificial famine, economic collapse by restricting total energy use, & quite possibly the outright slaughter of populations. This would also involve depriving everyone of all freedom. This future of early death & misery that these monsters in the global elite & governing class have planned for us must be avoided by all means. It is vile, disgusting, inhuman,, & unnecessary for humankind to survive well into the indefinite future. It would probably be less likely to achieve its goals than if were to quickly go full steam ahead freeing people to work in groups among others as they wish & to engage in free discourse sharing information freely to maximize innovation & with system incentive guiding us on as straight forward of a course as possible towards developing cheap limitless energy & virtual industrial manufacturing automation to arrive at abundance, environmental sustainability, & a permanent greatly reduced risk of groups going to war with each other by no longer needing to fight over reduced resources

[@jacinda1385]

No invention will benefit the world of man, until I get the money for it in my hand. - Capitalism.

[@badlaamaurukehu]

Remember 'Brasil'... This guy is Robert Dinero.

[@dontmatter1368]

"I don't know how to react, there's no part of this world that looks sane to me" - this cuts deep 🖖

[@Foreverfallen88]

Hurts real good though yeah. Almost like one of JBPs many comments when he's failing to hold back the tears. Realize real life.

[@memyselfandi8544]

Because everything you have been taught about the world, was a deception. The secular reality is very compelling and alarming. But it’s a diversion from truth.

[@doesntno]

None of us are sane anymore. Why is our society and government like this? Why won't we all together stand up and shout "ENOUGH OF THIS!"

[@systemicsystems703]

You live in a fantasy, snap out of it!

[@disposabull]

@@doesntno Our leaders have deliberately created a hell world, an inverted reality to enslave us in delusion so they can destroy Western freedoms and rule over us. It's about power and control.

[@mrgbyoutubing7536]

When he touched on atheist who don’t believe in religion it really resonated with me. As I was in my music class I was learning of its history and how religion shaped many of our music today. That is to say religion is in all of us. Whether we like it or not. Does not make your religiously affiliated to any religion but it will always be a part of your essence. We cant escape religion because so many systems within us and our society was created through religious practices over centuries.

[@Susie2346]

Love this episode and Eric and Chris. I just found them both and I am addicted. One small note regarding Churchill’s father’s letter, although it was a sad moment in young Churchill’s life it may have been the reason he was able to stand toe to toe to Hitler. From my life, some of the harshest comments motivated me to change or at least to be strong enough to stand tall against comments made by others.

[@ilja9230]

Dude this conversation is intense! The long pauses to give each other room to think and to see who will talk is poetry like. Well done bro!

[@antirealist]

I and many others have noticed these tendencies of his but am very surprised at how few see it and how many just buy into his "genius" at face value. I like the general ideas this guy brings up but he comes off as such a conceited "I know things neither you nor anyone else knows" narcissist that I can hardly stand listening to him. Mr. Weinstein: Stop pausing for dramatic effect so much as if we're just hanging on every word you say. You're not the smartest, richest, wisest, sexiest, most educated, most interesting or most accomplished person who's been on this podcast. Also, many of his sentences are just empty and lacking in genuine content. He simply hints at possible things, gives cryptic responses, or just babbles incoherently. Yes, he makes some interesting points but a lot of it is incoherent rambling and, I'll chance a guess, confabulation. Again Mr. Weinsein: You're just one of many who may have some interesting perspectives and ideas to present but that's it. Just say what you mean, give your honest opinion without all the theatricality, and have a real, genuine conversation.

[@andrejm77]

Nah, it's so pretentious from both... made me uncomfortable way too many times watching this podcast. Still it was great show.

[@___Truth___]

@@andrejm77 You’re way too used to noises. Silence & clear words let alone clear thoughts will help you.

[@teIezet]

@@antirealist when exactly did he claim those things you mentioned? are you basing all that on the fact that he makes long pauses?

[@vargas0897]

​@@antirealistOn what did you base your conclusion that he acts this out and it is not genuine? Do you know him personally?

[@crisismanagement]

People are realizing that what they've trusted in is falling apart.

[@1x93cm]

by design

[@user-ic1lo9wh5f]

the most crazy part is that they trusted it in the first place

[@scotttheurer1791]

@@user-ic1lo9wh5f exactly. Everything changes..and nothing is forever...Harvard? So thats one very small representaion of a huge country..and frankly Harvard doesnt understand anymore what really makes up this country. Im not of a place "of priveledge" but that doesnt mean I don't have the ability to think, reason and progress. Harvard....whatever...

[@charleswalker2484]

You're still trusting someone like Weinstein then you're in for another rude awakening

[@dougg1075]

It was all a lie. The central banks run our world

[@thezurban7209]

In the second last chapter, Eric is talking about Multi-ethnicity versus Multiculturalism. Multiple ethnicity's united through the English culture and flag is not the diversity that has been fostered or imported for the last 15 years.

[@lokisfriend]

I admire Wienstein so much. I think he may be the most intelligent man I've ever heard. Not pretentious, doesn't use his intelligence as a weapon, and when he tells you that you're wrong or mistaken he does it with tact and grace and kindness. Major Props!

[@josephnolan8217]

DEI, eliminates merit and is anti character based. It focuses everything on identity as opposed to character. I am convinced we will look back at this time and see it as being very racist, sexist, and bigoted. The recent lawsuits against DEI and ESG are going to be a wake up call for companies and universities. It has promoted people regardless of their merit or character. An unearned position is insane. The fact is it encourages quotas and anti talent hiring. We already have countless examples of it cost businesses and entertainment billions.

[@aftermath4096]

There isn't going to be any wake-up call. DEI nonsense is just a reflection of two underlying population-level philosophical beliefs: Collectivism vs Individualism.

[@imaginalex5850]

Yeah, and by listening to this guy, you are actually listening to the hypocrites running this show and these theatrical companies

[@OneManCanStopTheMotorOfWorld]

@@imaginalex5850 where in the fuck did you pull that stance from?

[@chrisschey7818]

Character is everything.

[@kahner93]

So I assume you're also against legacy admissions in colleges and nepotism within the workplace, correct?

[@RicardoMartinez-oh9sq]

I majored in Psychology. My favorite experiment was the Arch experiment: How someone who stands firm against the rest within a group over time will attract them to his side.

[@DrBrainTickler]

Well, that's only if they are allowed to be heard. In our current social atmosphere, especially here on antisocial media, the rebel geniuses have no voice and aren't allowed to work so they are slowly being murdered by destroying their health through sabotaging their ability to socialize and make money. The experiment you're mentioning does not scale.

[@shanejones578]

And this no longer naturally takes place…

[@TheHandThatWipes3406]

​@@shanejones578 careful with using absolutes

[@shanejones578]

@@TheHandThatWipes3406 oh believe me, I’ve been trying 24 years now you think I’m one of these spineless cowards?

[@leslielearnorth]

Really!!? That explains a LOT BUT Also gives me hope

[@user-ym9vj2jx5l]

Great interview, its about time these conversations are happening. Status quo needs fixing in the intellectual word. Things are moving to slow and unorganized.

[@zacharyschenk9]

This randomly came on for me but it’s impossible to turn off

[@jimbopeebles8210]

This conversation started off so good and then got exponentially better.

[@TheWisdom3]

Had me in the first half, not gonna lie.

[@SubvertTheState]

I would say it got better in a linear progression.

[@eliteexcavationpros]

thought it would be put me to sleep, half way through and i’m getting coffee

[@doglifehub]

Edward Witten would disagree, and he's a genius.

[@jimbeam4736]

@@doglifehub But he would be too polite and soft spoken to even mention it.

[@spammyhagar]

I'll listen to any conversation you two have. Please keep having them

[@paulg451]

It's wonderful

[@anewordinary3949]

Chris, you are a great conversationalist. Well done.

[@nicholaspenrake]

Great set. Nicely edited.

[@YoMateo.]

If you didn’t come from TikTok raise your hand ✋🏽

[@langermain]

Good one.

[@GlennErikMathisen]

The fact that it goes quiet for a few seconds sometimes only adds to the intensity and enjoyment. Both people take in what the other is saying, and give their best articulated response. I love that, and I listened all the way through

[@TheMrBigJeff]

I was starting to think it was just me: the silences, often times throughout this conversation, literally felt deafening. I had to check the video was still playing multiple times when they paused for so long: I wanted to know what they said next and… they were just thinking and it was really gripping. Ramble ramble - I liked your comment; happy days fellow travellers 🙏🙌☀️

[@ecatcheshire9741]

Allows me time to process what was just said- much more easeful to listen to and allows more depth in the conversation and the listener

[@digitalperson108]

Two very intelligent humans interacting.

[@edmondott3748]

Brilliant on all levels. Fantastic interview. The host - brilliant, the guest - brilliant.

[@user-kg8gm6sk4f]

Left vs right brain/hand...I remember in my youth being asked to choose between my left and right hand. What was proposed to me was ' you want to be normal, right?' what was normal to me was to write with my left hand on the left side of the page then switch hands and write with my right hand on the right side of the page. I was 'adjusted' to write with my right hand in order to fit in. In math I would see numbers as geometric shapes and assemble them into combinations divisible by the number ten so I could solve them in base 10 as required. While I answered correctly my method was not understood and I was basically told to conform. To this day I count visually by shape: adding squares, triangles, pentagons etc by the number of corners: two pentagons and a square = 14 I find this much faster and more accurate when counting a flock of birds or herd of ruminants, for example...

[@sr20veplus350z]

I don’t follow either of these two men religiously (even though I like them both), but man it’s hard to quantify just how much I love them together in conversation. They just have some special level of chemistry. Never step on each other in response or expression (even through extended pauses, which inadvertently end up punctuating certain times), always bounce things back and forth in a very entertaining way, somehow always ask for further clarification or exploration almost in lockstep with when I would personally ask the same, and very eloquent speakers that use detailed and colourful language. without it feeling like it pomposity. I’m watching this for my second time after watching a few weeks ago. Lucky to have free access to such quality ❤️

[@rickelpers1820]

This is a respectable conversation you hardly ever hear .

[@debslagel1132]

I follow Chris and can tell you, this man in any interview I’ve seen is like this with everyone. He’s amazing and well versed in many subjects. If he isn’t he does his research or asks questions in a way to find the answers that maybe he couldn’t before. I find many of the conversations he has is interesting even if I don’t know much about the topics 🙌🏼 ❤️

[@SuitedPup]

Having just watched snippets of this episode so far and about to begin watching it in full, I’m impressed as well by your breakdown and genuine, heartfelt complimenting and appreciation of others work that you find value in, thanks for contributing and spreading the positivity 🙏

[@brendawilliams8062]

Agreed

[@katjamoltgen5456]

Well spoken

[@douglasborgstrom2023]

Eric is one of the most brilliant minds of our time. Please bring back the portal. I for one, am listening. Thank you, Chris. These discussions are invaluable to our world view.

[@IanG-tu1mb]

lol

[@DrBrainTickler]

Yeah, even though this is slightly watered down wisdom. There is a lack of existential intelligence and a hint of a myopic tendency.

[@CountMeOut33]

right…

[@TheLuminousOne]

please, stop with the fawning 🤦🏼

[@douglasborgstrom2023]

@@TheLuminousOne since i posted that comment,i i have decided im not really a fan

[@craighenry1579]

This podcast is so beautifully shot. The lighting is very aesthetically pleasing.

[@isrraelmendoza3540]

Excellent work but how many ads do you need? 😭

[@ebf336]

Eric's discussion of the power of music and prayer and the link between them really moved me. I study music history and culture for these exact reasons. The way we think, talk, socialize and even entertain ourselves is rooted in spirituality, even if we don't immediately see or feel it. There is power in the mundane, even things we don't associate with being spiritual, religious, etc. Even if you don't believe in a higher power, you can find the transcendent in the simplest things. The art and culture we make and the spiritual practices we engage in are so deeply and beautifully linked.

[@GaZonk100]

today's spirituality is manifested in DEI which is basically christianity without the God. . .

[@sallyharrison8265]

Very moving . He is not an atheist, I could see God's Grace wash over him. Interesting.

[@vijaz5559]

This is the same guy who whines at elon about why his video with tucker carlson isn’t trending 😂😂😂 ya’ll sheep

[@jdaze1]

Finding the TRUE God of creation requires removing yourself from all distractions and that includes music which plays on the emotions and feelings of man. God communes with those who seek his wisdom and knowledge ABOUT who he really is thru the mind and thru the wisdom hidden within the words that seriously falable men tried to put in writing. Those that seek these writings long enough eventually find the hidden truth within all the distractions and hyperbole. Over the last 3k years that has been very few. As God calls them the "little flock". This truth has NEVER been mainstream nor known by the masses, intellects, scientists, religions, politicians, the Pope, the Kings, the universities, the monks, the Budah, etc. Only the very few that seek the TRUTH about God while knowing one must separate fact from mans fiction ever get close to understanding the cosmos and the true meaning to life and death.

[@ronjennings7533]

"Lying, lying, lying is the substrate of our society." Nailed it.

[@MrRmann1234]

A hallmark of Marxism.

[@wikingkrig5801]

Agree with him. Im sick of it

[@alexwellsliveca]

The election predictions segment hits different now

[@duncansteedman9986]

I’ve listened several times and thanks for posting 👍 Eric is such an insightful intellect and an exceptionally articulate and conscientious guy. He’s as genuine as Christopher Hitchens. We need The Portal back Eric! 👍

[@00TheD]

"it's a spell" that's the most real thing that has been spoken is years. Eric has the big picture reality perspective which allows for human nature to be human and thusly make sense, most others have removed humanity from their equations.

[@monaskulllll]

Hahahaha 🤣

[@aldebaranredstar]

Agree!

[@cblondesreport]

I grew up in Germany and Austria. No form or document ever listed "Gender" (Geschlecht), it was always "Sex". Gender was only used for declension of words to express different grammatical categories such a case, number and gender (male female and neutral)

[@zimzob]

Same in English but after people stopped using elaborate euphemisms for coitus and “having sex” became a common expression, making “sex” from a noun to a verb, typical Anglo-Saxon prudery meant “gender” became the euphemism for the noun “sex”, heretofore a word that never required euphemism. Women’s studies came out of literary departments, and adopted the linguistic term “gender” for the idea of socially constructed sex roles, which do comprise additional identities beyond binary sex itself, just as linguistic gender has neuter, and in some languages, more categories. This confusion allowed certain ideas to tunnel into public consciousness.

[@hypergraphic]

I find the word "GeschlechtsVerkehr" entirely too funny when transliterated: Gender Traffic 🤣

[@cblondesreport]

@@hypergraphic ..that is hilarious. Additionally I haven't "heard" that word in like 30 years :-)

[@DailyPolemics]

@@zimzob Hah hah, I posted a video a while ago called "the academic appropriation of gender" inspired by this exact thought. I'm going to assume that I just met one of the 13 people who have watched it, rather than admit that maybe others have had the same thought. 😄

[@aldebaranredstar]

This is absolutely correct-gender is a grammatical term; however, look up a sociologist called John Money. He’s the one who developed the theory of “gender” in the 1950’s as a “social construct,” as behavior, as opposed to sex, which is obviously biology. If you look him up in Wikipedia you’ll find out a lot of very remarkable information, including what happened with twin boys, and how he interfered in their lives to encourage one to be raised as a girl and the other a boy. it did not end well- very sad actually.

[@nilsbossiusklintenberg3623]

Curious about this ”no coffee in the morning”. Is this depending on when you wake up? Or when does the ”timer” start?

[@TheCourageOfTruth]

Compassion comes from within - it’s noticeable when grief comes or anger is transmuted. It’s a beautiful gift being in the presence of compassion.

[@tbotwest]

I got my STEM PhD from Harvard in 1993. I was pretty cynical about the place by then. I left Boston shortly after and never looked back. That it has reached this point of dysfunction is not a great surprise. You could almost see where it was going even back then. I should also say that it wasn't just me. Virtually all of my peers were of the same opinion.

[@kimphilley621]

I am very glad you watched this. 1993 you and all your peers shared this opinion. I wonder what you all may have done in that intervening 31 years to have kept this woke stupidity from happening.

[@pyhead9916]

Boston is in fact a dysfunctional city!

[@mibli2935]

@CdawgAMVsFilmEditing : Can you please expand on this statement a little bit more? "Education will become a waste of time at a traditional place of education". I can understand that AGI may kill traditional lectures, it might make studying certain subject to be obsolete, but how can it make education in general a waste of time?

[@alanbland1976]

​@@kimphilley621 the people that graduate from a University/Collage have no obligation to maintain that place after they are gone. Even if they wanted to, they have effectively no influence over it.

[@jamess.2491]

MIT alum, definitely disappointed in what's happened but nowhere near to the degree of Harvard.

[@n8s8]

The extended pauses created by these two are absolutely lovely

[@linkawaken]

My gf pointed that out while listening over my shoulder. I think to some extent, it is Chris mirroring Eric

[@zachminarich577]

As a great interviewer should!​@@linkawaken

[@BarryFranks]

They turned me non-hetero.

[@richardfeit8296]

Bravo Chris. This was a feeling good watch and it seemed like Eric needed some comradery, a boost, and an outlet. It humanized Eric in a way that I have never seen. It's wonderful to watch great minds. Thanks for all the hard work. Keep on keepin' on.

[@TheMonikerfree]

this was the best thing I've seen all year. thank you both.

[@hoonami139]

Incredible conversation, I could listen to you guys chat for 3 more hours, thank you Chris and Eric

[@AntiNeoFascist]

Yeah, Eric claiming nobody wants to listen to this must necessarily be relying on specific meanings of either the word 'listen' or 'wants'.

[@clintbillton2161]

Everytime i hear a ad its like a knife stubbing my brain!

[@Borrelaas]

I love listening to Eric

[@Dragonladyrvrr...]

Usually I don't listen to long podcasts, but this was absolutely fascinating! I was hooked from beginning to end. Managed reality has now caught my attention. Big Thank you to both of you.

[@randlecarr3257]

Start listening to more long form podcasts. There’s really no way to explore the complexity and nuances of any serious topic in less than one hour

[@sunso1991]

Chris Williamson is great and Randle is 100% correct. treat it like listening to someone fascinating at a party there is so much to think about and discuss in a calm long form interview dont let short form destroy your mind and brain chemistry

[@johnmcdermott5505]

Wow. Most profound discussion I have ever heard. Watched the whole 3 hours. So much here to absorb. Not a big fan of the staccato questioning style that seems contrived to unbalance the opponent than elicit more expansion of the topic but that seems to be the style of the day. As an expat Brit, to me the UK lost its mojo somewhere in the sixties and never gained it back. It’s been lost so long I don’t think they know where to look anymore. Now I have a new answer to that old challenge to state the person with whom you would most like to share a meal.

[@bojkovszkyzsolt2280]

I write this comment after a 10 second pause. This is how meaningful conversations work. You listen, absorb, think through, formulate a question and proceed asking it. I mean, that is for me, being slow and all.

[@danonly7]

This interview is SO AWESOME. I don't understand any theory he says, but it is so interesting to hear the conversation.

[@petecollings7708]

I am stunned. I was going to go to sleep, just wanted some background noise, now I'm 1/2 awake, sloppy with my words, but I can't stop thinking. I am so lucky I stumbled upon this interview, discussion. I was that kid, why why why? I have to listen again. I want to know how neutrinos get through the earth unscathed, gain a better understanding of power. I forget the exact term, but Eric's "departure" from string theory to "geometric" something. Discussion about Harvard has me thinking, hell, all of it has me thinking. Then when the guitar came out, well, I started lessons when I was 11. Rough times at the moment, I needed a serious jump start of the mind. Gentlemen, Thank You Both.

[@lufran3346]

Thanks

[@MicheleKaiser-io2dx]

Isn't it great when one sentence triggers everything to fall into place like dominoes? Very cool experience!

[@stoneskull]

never give up!

[@AkamiChannel]

Geometric unity. Instead, look into John Baez, Cohl Furey, the octonions, and the Klein quartic.

[@user-ol4rt4bs4o]

15:12 15:25 15:30 16:08

[@tomorrowtodaylane]

I genuinely think you TWO speaking together has become one of my favorite things on KZbin. Thank you for this!👏👏

[@kirthgersen2485]

These 2 are masters of the long pause which makes it hard to watch even though Im interested.

[@daathmann5814]

The most astonishing human being I have come across in my 30 years of life. I Just want 3,000 hours more of Eric Weinstein. If anything this talk has inspired me beyond my inmediate comprehension. I want to live.

[@shawndeprey]

When you two get together it's magical. Keep doing it.

[@tritium57]

I crave having this sort of conversation among peers or anyone for that matter. I have skated the fringe and when it happens it’s usually unexpected. Simply enjoyable. Chris is intelligent and an amazing conductor of the information flow and Eric is a chasm you can get completely swallowed by so maybe I’m not capable of their depths, intelligence etc. but I just want to experience in the slightest what I experienced internally while watching this episode. I want to be able to generate that feeling of wonder and connection for myself (in conversation) and others and not need to watch it somewhere. Anyway, Really great to watch. Brilliant commentary and interaction by both men. Thank you.

[@RichardHarlos]

I couldn't have said it better myself. Truly lovely comment. Thank you.

[@anomietoponymie2140]

Me too, me too. I wish I had understood this earlier and dedicated my life to it. It's too late now, not enough years left and so many other time-consuming things to learn like, at the moment, Hebrew. So far, I see no candidates among my children and grandchildren to carry the torch on. My husband was a physicist but he was only very smart which isn't smart enough.

[@Bankerstello]

Easily the best comment on here! Like everyone here - COULD NOT AGREE MORE! well said! Thank you

[@One-Ring-To-Rule-Them-All]

I was thinking the same (similar as I cannot express myself so eloquently, English is my 3rd language). I live in a small town and it is very difficult for me to have an intellectual conversation with somebody. Most people I know shut me down very quickly and say "you think too much". And that is it. Thanks to KZbin I can at least passively participate in interesting debates 😊

[@RicardoMartinez-oh9sq]

1:22:39: Creating spaces to freely discuss anything, in a sense these are symbolic spaces, indeed very necessary for a healthy society.

[@erikavarga7060]

Chris, you're a great interviewer and Eric is a necessity today. When he speaks I listen.

[@Beesmakelifegoo]

Absolutely necessary! So so interesting! Many topics made to be enjoy. Education on so many questions,with answers. Thank you very much.

[@Nico-hy6fb]

the only thing that keeps us from doing the right thing is our need for comfort

[@hypno5690]

Far from it.

[@jbc242424]

I mean... well... there's also Intelligence, know-how, awareness, alacrity, habit formation, blind spots, exhaustion, fatigue, fear (which is why we seek comfort), illness, **dishonesty**. There's a lot to it and it ain't easy.

[@bobhill-ol7wp]

@@hypno5690 cool

[@TJ-kk5zf]

power

[@Flexible_photon]

And what do you think the right thing is?

[@interpolagent9]

I thoroughly enjoyed the dialogue between the two of you. The questioning back and forth is refreshing.

[@filifolia]

This is a great interview, thank you for posting.

[@tomangus5319]

Fantastic conversation and eye opener on so many fronts. Also were not allowed to be British. Only time I feel proud of being British is when I look back in history. We don't even have steal making production in this country anymore.

[@joeytbonejoeytbone]

2:10:00 It's called a Latin Mass! As a Catholic I loved hearing an "atheist" talk about the richness of prayer. Great conversation guys.

[@TheGringoSalado]

Amen! The NO (which I attend regularly), is oriented around entertainment and the laity involvement. TLM is oriented around God, and when we have the proper orientation Mass becomes about us in the most profound way.

[@smeuchel]

​@@TheGringoSaladoone wish I have is to have experienced The Church prior to Vatican II.

[@TheGringoSalado]

@@smeuchel you can. SSPX FSSP Institute of Christ the King, Benedictine Monastery.

[@jelink22]

I agree. Chris doesn't know about Vatican II and the shifting from the Latin mass to the local vernacular, including English.

[@TheGringoSalado]

@@jelink22 and how the mass changed from God oriented to laity oriented, which has had disastrous consequences.

[@effexon]

Chris is good at taking a challenge despite not matching Eric's knowledge.... lot of hosts would simply skip this kind of discussion due to that level difference.

[@nyahhbinghi]

Chris knows a lot more than Eric and is probably the wiser of the two

[@gregorypeterson9]

They both are very knowledgeable but in different areas. It doesn't have to be a competition just suppose to be a conversation.

[@nyahhbinghi]

@@gregorypeterson9 Eric is obtuse and non-committal. Chris can be that way too. Neither brave enough to take a true stand like some brave others do, but at least willing to stick their necks out a little bit. Good on them.

[@RandallNewman]

I sometimes lose where Eric is going because of the way he talks about multiple perspectives at the same time. Chris is more explicit. I appreciate both.

[@aaad3552]

All I see is him giving opanions.

[@happytobehere1111]

Great conversation, I really enjoyed it!

[@anthonyblacker8471]

1:35:22 Eric why do you say nobody wants to listen to or hear this? I think this is absolutely the most interesting conversation personally, it explains the rest of your mind. The idea that you can sit and debate complex ideas most humas haven't the slightest idea or understanding, that's the other side of things.. please, continue the thread!

[@jamesflowers7142]

What a fantastic podcast….. you forget how much you miss them…. Listening to Eric reminds me of talking to my grandfather a nuclear engineer who spoke 5 languages including Latin who was scientifically religious…… and the interesting pathways his conversations take…. Thank you for sharing these conversations

[@green1880]

You’re probably busy but care to share any interesting stories?

[@captainbube1217]

Please tell me how to have a conversation with a religious person about their beliefs they always just blabber nonsense.

[@jamesflowers7142]

@@captainbube1217 well it depends on who you talk to….. we’ll educated articulate AND religious people aren’t interested in talking with someone who’s openly hostile…. Think of it this way, Neil DeGrasse Tyson has said he won’t debate flat earthers…. Why because there is no convincing then…. It’s the same way with you, how can I tell? Because you said you’ve never had that conversation…. The zealots who think that it’s their job to convert everyone will spend the time talking to you but the other type of people don’t have time or patience to waste on you…. But have a an interesting conversation with someone and it brushes against belief it’s dependent ON YOU and how you talk about it…. Is it, oh yah big spaghetti monster judging blah blah blah…. And they’ll shut down and move on…. OR do you say something like I’ve never understood how some people can be religious and scientific? Am I missing a part of the human condition that has FAITH? Oh youre religious? How do you navigate those two seemingly (at least to me) contradictory views….. wow I don’t think I can’t view it that way but it’s fantastic that you can….. you saw it with Eric, he’s an atheist who prays…. He recognizes the importance of religion to the human condition…. He recognizes the beauty of the cathedrals and art sponsored by the church…. Sure know where they failed as organization but MAYBE don’t throw those points in religious peoples faces if you want to have an interesting conversation…. Cause they can throw the complete failure of the socialists ideology in yours…..

[@jamesflowers7142]

@@green1880 it’s hard but here’s something that Eric said that reminded me of a conversation around me when I was 11 in ‘91…. Just like Eric it was on a train except we were going from Lithuania to St Petersburg. And my grandfather spoke about how at fermi lab they’ll were using the particle collider to find out the deeper secrets of the universe…. And you have to understand that religion was considered to be the opiate of the masses in the USSR but there were people who still wanted to believe and Slavs AND Russians aren’t afraid to debate…. So they would say “but the Bible says god created the earth in a day” and my grandfather would say what is a day to something that is everlasting, that was always there before and will be after the last star burns out….. always with a kind voice and an understanding to skeptics but with the firm belief that wonderful balance that is our universe shows that something found beauty in making something that no matter how deep we dig there are reasons for why things work. Now this is happening in a crowded train car with people crowding the door to listen and participate and someone playing a guitar quietly in the next car some religious songs with people quietly singing (think like a round a campfire to songs you have the words on sheet in front of you but you really don’t know that well)…. I really miss my grandfather His name was Willie but I called him Pappa…… I (luckily) inherited some of his smarts but I lacked the discipline for higher education but I’m a veracious reader and I LUV PODCASTS!!! And I miss that I can’t debate string theory with him and get his opinions on dark matter and energy AND NOW DARK CHEMISTRY!!!!! His options on how dimensions work and wether or not things like Iowasca or DMT or mushrooms can bring you closer to god or something else? Or does your own mind choose which to allow in, the good or the bad? He might have antiquated ideas about such things but I know for a fact he’s be interested in the data coming out of those experiments! Well this might be not what you were hoping to hear but was nice to share a memory about my grandfather with someone and hopefully you found it mildly interesting….

[@captainbube1217]

@@jamesflowers7142 i am not openly hostile in any way, but religious people see it as hostile if you ask them simple questions about their beliefs. Questions like: „why would god by needed to explain any part of the universe or human condition?“ „How would you explain god to me?“ They will quote 5000 year old books as if its the undeniable truth, but no religious person can just answer the simplest questions about their faith or why i should consider them sane when they believe stuff that is not grounded in any phenomenon besides the human condition. If a rock falls down a cliff, how does god come into play there? What is the difference between a rock falling of a cliff and human evolving from a single celled organism based on the exact same physical phenomenon. I dont know what you are on about with the socialist stuff when all of my family members alive at the time of national socialism where in line with the party standards through memetic warfare of the SS AND in line with the religious memes they were TAUGHT by their elders. To my knowledge there is no human being that conceived the existence of god or the nonexistence of it through pure logically explainable deduction, it always comes down to whether they where biased by the opinions of some demagogue. I dont deny that religious institutions over the history of humanity build good things and fabulous cathedrals, my entires homecountrys heritage and any great building in my homecountry is informed by religious motive, None of that makes it any more logical or explains to me why these people believe in things they have no reason to believe. Ive talked with many intelligent religious people about their faith but they all cannot give me a single reason or even an explanation why they believe in anything besides their opinions of the world. But it still is their opinion and nothing else, but to claim that their opinion is divine truth is just straight insane. I am fully willing to be convinced of the existence of god or the logic of religion beyond as a bandaid of the human condition, but as you showed in your comment noone can even start to explain the usecase of religion beyond basic group dynamic and the human condition. Its all just gobbledygook that goes nowhere in the end.

[@masonics2927]

We need a podcast with you guys every 6-12 months. The depth of knowledge and insight comprised within Eric is extremely fascinating. Love hearing his unique perspective on current events occurring within society and around the world as a whole.

[@justsayin3600]

For sure! I can tell by your comment, and other comments there are many intelligent people viewing this.

[@masonics2927]

@@justsayin3600 Appreciate. Grateful to be amongst other intelligent individuals such as yourself. 🙏🏼

[@Magic-mushrooms113]

This is like listening to Plato’s Gorgias. Soon we will all be convinced by Eric and agreeing with everything he says…

[@YoYo-gt5iq]

The part that he's saying about the nature of the university, and the purpose of the university, is something I'm going through right now. I've been presenting my original research at conferences and the older professors do feel challenged by what I'm putting forward. They don't disagree, and they are complimentary, but they are definitely feeling challenged

[@garythegoat2112]

"Get the crazy people who do not understand human development away from our children" This may be the most poignant moment of this discussion. I aspire to understand what Eric is speaking about and I am as confounded as he is as to why everyone seems to be focused on the wrong things in life.

[@pugsymalone6539]

Because the majority of people have their every waking moment squandered or monopolized by work and various government requirements. People are consumed by the urgency of now.

[@blackjackjester]

I followed almost everything he said... Except when it came to sex and gender. Gender can be separated from sex, but then it also loses its grounding in principle. If gender is expression, then it is equally sensitive to cultural norms - eg Scottish skirts. But it isn't a skirt, it's a kilt. If it is just culturally presenting on the gendered style spectrum, then it is little more than personality and style, which is individual, not measurable in a meaningful way. And when it comes to sex, it's more about how the exception proves the rule. Sex is binary because we can discretely identify the exceptions. A car doesn't stop being a car just because 2 wheels fell off. But I also completely disagree with the mind/body incongruence argument. You can't be born in the wrong body because nobody chooses that, and the two develop inexorably from each other. If you are uncomfortable with being a man, the best you can do is present as a woman... That's something else... It's a fantasy. We all tell ourselves false stories to get through the day... But going so far as to not just picking a unique style to your own, but choosing the stereotype of the other is... Well... Something is not right.

[@condor-yz6bo]

"Sharing the atmosphere with a bunch of idiots with powerful toys" this quote punched me in the gut

[@MsElke11]

He should have just come out and say "They want to destroy humanity".

[@mmerrydeath6673]

I think that just before that he answered the question of why Epstein was interested in physics.

[@condor-yz6bo]

@@mmerrydeath6673 well for sure, Epstein at least recognized there was something to gain from it. Really makes you think

[@mmerrydeath6673]

@@condor-yz6bo I can't help but speculate that it means the people he worked for already know the answers to the questions they suppress.

[@condor-yz6bo]

@@mmerrydeath6673 I wouldn't say that because they would use it instead of hiding it. I think the physicist he was talking about holding back physics isn't nearly half as smart as Eric thinks he is.

[@lostinwonderland3965]

This was one of the most successful and balanced episodes i have watch on your channel. Bravo!

[@valdius85]

I’d appreciate the number of the episode as well

[@DrBrianKeating]

Describing the despicable support of antisemitic events, anti-intellectual, anti-scholastic behavior of Claudine Gay as mere “fallout” is quite the opening hot take! Harvard is supposed to be the gold standard. Now it’s a laughing stock. Talk about destroying brand equity by the billions.

[@kadourimdou43]

Sadly it’s the logical trend for a hateful ideology.

[@DrBrianKeating]

And Harvard is Ground Zero for intellectual persecution, suppression of academic freedom and punishment of heterodox ideology no matter how rational.

[@moldyzucchinis3251]

also the multiple fraudulent data scandals as this is all happening, including a leading professor & researcher being exposed as a sham

[@andrewofaiur]

Can't help but think there are insidious forces at work proactively seeking to undermine the legitimacy of our most trusted institutions

[@meltingintoair7581]

The scientific, empirical materialist metaparadigm is responsible for the corruption of academia. It’s a radical worldview that abandoned an authentic exploration of reality ages ago. Only a rational idealist intellectual revolution can offer the way forward. Godel’s incompleteness theorems should have been the point at which we made the shift to rational idealism because they logically proved rational idealism. But even to this day, the meaningful interpretation of Godel’s work totally mistakes what the theorems say and this mistake is exactly in the direction of the opposite of what they say. The theorems are presented as evidence of empirical materialism. It’s maximum irony.

[@laughingliberaldad]

"Explain it to me like I'm a golden retreiver." Chris is kinda like a Golden. In the best of ways. Love you both!

[@meganmarie2173]

This guy is so arrogant, he talks in riddles and circles also....

[@laughingliberaldad]

Maybe you're just not bright enough to understand@@meganmarie2173 🤷🏻‍♂

[@Hugerdumpy]

There is an ad every five minutes! How am I supposed to watch or follow along. I got adhd it’s hard enough.