Do you agree with Eric that we need more great science rather than just good science? Let us know in the comments! Watch Eric debate string theory with Brian Green at iai.tv/video/the-trouble-with-string-theory?KZbin&+comment&
@micr0chap Жыл бұрын
Yes. Great Science doesn't play safe.
@inajosmood Жыл бұрын
I think what Eric says in this regard doesn't have any more significance than what a random toddler says. He never contributed to any scientific field. So my guess is that his goals is that the bar for scientific research and rigour will be lowered significantly, so other people like him to be able claim they're relevant scientists. He guises that ofcourse so he says we're limiting ideas and talent and all that. Not to say there's a lot that should be improved in the world of research and academia, but it coming from him has no meaning at all.
@Smashingbonejuices Жыл бұрын
No, Eric might need a scientific revolution, but he can't speak for all of us. All I need is a proper cup of coffee in the morning, and im good !
@shanesweeney3583 Жыл бұрын
@@inajosmood "coming from him has no meaning at all" so I can safely disregard your comment as an ad hominem fallacy.
@inajosmood Жыл бұрын
@@shanesweeney3583 ah so stating an obvious independently verifiable fact, import to the topic at hand is an ad hominem. So now we call it ad hominem we can stop thinking about it. Good night!
@suncat9 Жыл бұрын
When Eric Weinstein said, to paraphrase, that there are "teaching disabilities," rather than learning disabilities, that was BRILLIANT. I'll never forget that.
@kitk9067 Жыл бұрын
intellectual masturbation at best
@kreek22 Жыл бұрын
A clever turn of phrase. Also: wrong.
@bryanutility9609 Жыл бұрын
@@kreek22most experts are terrible teachers. Same with athletes being terrible coaches.
@suncat9 Жыл бұрын
@@kreek22 He didn't say that learning disabilities don't exist.
@LeonardTavast Жыл бұрын
It's empirically wrong. If one looks at the PISA results it's a clear pattern that the kids with low giftedness who are lowering the average. There's so much information today that it's the human ability to discern and process that's the bottleneck.
@kgmemoryandlearning Жыл бұрын
"We've diminished scientists so far below administrators, that we have to seek their permission." Great phrase. My hope is as the cost of conducting interesting science decreases, we can rely less on external funding and the bureaucrats that coordinate that money.
@apolloomd493911 ай бұрын
Unfortunately, the vast majority of society is too stupid to care about how science conducts itself. Our education is failing and has failed generations. That being said, science resides in the hands of the old guard gate keepers as well as the younger scientists who are part of that failed education system. It's only going to get worse for science from here. Let's not even talk about how the older generations have taught the younger generations a bastardized woke version of science which is actually non science. The future is bleak.
@cybyrd961510 ай бұрын
We could but physicists actually do the most expensive experimental science
@clmasse9 ай бұрын
Because there are way to many "scientists."
@mikolajr47009 ай бұрын
@@cybyrd9615But at the same time, it has the greatest impact to our life.
@cybyrd96158 ай бұрын
@@mikolajr4700 no it doesn’t material science does
@geoffmarcy67710 ай бұрын
Eric's points are brilliant. In the 1980's, I spent 12 years trying to find the first planet orbiting another star. The senior astrophysicists told me this quest was thoughtless folly, as planets are dark and have tiny masses compared to stars. They told me I was ruining my career, by embarrassing myself. Then, in 1995, we found the first "exoplanets" along with the Swiss team. People didn't believe us for 5 years, publishing papers saying we were wrong and fools. But, we proceeded to find hundreds of exoplanets, and motivated the NASA Kepler telescope that we helped to find Earth-size planets.
@Infoagemage6 ай бұрын
Bravo
@joshuapena67576 ай бұрын
@@geoffmarcy677 More of this!
@philbertbrainstain10 ай бұрын
Mendel may have fudged his peapod data but peas prevailed... all we are saying, is give peas a chance ❤
@____uncompetative Жыл бұрын
Thank you for not putting some of this conversation behind a paywall. I would understand IAI doing so if it was over 20 minutes.
@jonathankey6444 Жыл бұрын
“The human need for metaphysics should cloud your reasoning as little as possible and as much as necessary.”
@TeaParty177610 ай бұрын
Metaphysics is the basis of science. Science is the study of the causal universe.
@DCGreenZone Жыл бұрын
I recently watched Mel Acheson's dissertation on charge separation on YT and I was amazed at how detailed and logical the entire lecture was. I hope more people see it and scratch their heads just a little, and yes, science needs to be shaken to its roots.
@myrddintheblue Жыл бұрын
Thunderbolts seemed to be a bit of a mixed bag, but so much of it is compelling. People hold many of these older models on too high of a pedestal.
@Enigmaticpursuit Жыл бұрын
Thanks for Sharing!!! I'm getting my mind boosted on intellectual drugs
@paryanindoeur Жыл бұрын
This is the best interview I've heard from Eric Weinstein. He needs to repeat this message all over the place. Take this issue and run with it, Eric!!
@drewmueller4609 Жыл бұрын
I'm surprised you don't think he has! This is basically 40 episodes of the portal condensed into 20 minutes haha. He has been banging this drum for a while. Though he does a great job using different analogies to keep it fresh.
@paryanindoeur Жыл бұрын
@@drewmueller4609 Admittedly, I've only seen a few of his appearances in the last few years. He seemed scarce for a while more recently, but it could be that I just missed his interviews.
@anon-ju9bgАй бұрын
@@paryanindoeur hey it’s me Eric. Thanks for the support!
@odenmof Жыл бұрын
I actually like this way of interviewing somehow, you only see the guy who's being interviewed, you see how the person reacts and how he's conducting himself thinking and answering the question at hand. I like Eric, he has so many thought provoking things. Thanks for this interview.
@geoffreynhill2833 Жыл бұрын
An "atheist who prays" ? 🤔
@hansangb Жыл бұрын
@9:20 and @10:00 Thank you for this!
@LanglandsProgram Жыл бұрын
"Discovering competency then shielding those treasured people from the rigors of daily life" : Tell that to the accountants who run institutions.
@charlesmain9938 Жыл бұрын
I gather Mr Weinstein would like to see himself included among those sheltered and treasured few, though I have heard him at his charming humblest admit a possibility that he may not qualify, yet in that case he would still consider himself a supremely qualified discoverer--and judge--of competency. The problem is that such judgement is highly subjective. Will there be a committee? And who will qualify for that? Science proposes, nature disposes. It might be worth noting that human culture has overrun biological evolution, thanks to hastily applied science--other than for a few troublesome microbes and such that really know how to multiply. Science, done by brilliant scientists, recently handled that evolution problem badly (and still does), not for lack of funding, but because the accountants weren't doing their job. And maybe a bit because the elite of the scientists were out of touch with the rigors of ordinary daily life.
@MR-backup Жыл бұрын
What does the first comment here say?
@jgcelliott1 Жыл бұрын
Science used to be the realm of the wealthy and their patrons... .
@imikokodama305411 ай бұрын
It is worth noting that many talented and brilliant people struggle so vehemently with activities that are perceived as normal or routine. The money wasted on unnecessary investments could be allocated to funding the advancement of science. The argument regarding the aforementioned accountant then becomes “from what less important investments can I redirect funds?” It’s not like it all comes down to money. Sometimes a hint of madness mixed with genius can offer fresh perspectives. There is often more than one way to achieve various results. Problem solving is key.
@jean-pierreperreault10 ай бұрын
What a brilliant clear minded man ! Thanks for that episode!
@fgfanta Жыл бұрын
Can't like this interview enough!
@genedalefield Жыл бұрын
Eric Weinstein, brilliant as always.
@browndoc Жыл бұрын
You could make the same argument for most of what's considered art these days also, especially music. Even in the outskirts of the art form, musicians have become ultra safe resulting in a whole lot of bland regurgitation of tried and tested methods, whilst not having the balls to take things to the next level like we saw in the first 3/4 of the 20th century, and previous, for fear of being frowned upon.
@nandoflorestan Жыл бұрын
Amen
@carlharmeling512 Жыл бұрын
Science depends more heavily on character than on intelligence. That was Einstein’s observation. Intelligent liars can do the most harm. Those with a modest intellect but who can summon an uncompromising strength of character are the most successful inventors, entrepreneurs, and managers of the work force.
@CrucialFlowResearch Жыл бұрын
Being a liar is not science, so why are you even considering liars as scientists? If you are a liar, you are not a scientist, no need to compare intelligence or character. Define scientists as a truthful person.
@carlharmeling512 Жыл бұрын
@@CrucialFlowResearch I don’t consider liars as true scientists but many people are famous scientists in the eyes of the public and who are not severely truthful as a true scientist should be. It’s not me but the public who are deceived by these fakers.
@offensivearch Жыл бұрын
@@CrucialFlowResearch You still need a word for professional scientist. There are professional scientists who are liars.
@PsychedelicAnxiety Жыл бұрын
Had a friend who was tired of being a dumb jock, champion athlete though he was, so he applied his sports discipline to self education. Met him in my major, where he forged ahead to be a scholar to be reckoned with, often the backbone of intellectual discussions with others. He just finished his thesis 😊
@Novarcharesk8 ай бұрын
@@CrucialFlowResearch And many scientists are liars. Doesn't matter what is science. That there are morally corrupt scientists is what matters.
@brandonb5075 Жыл бұрын
What we need In Science Is TURNOVER! Listening to the generation that hoarded resources and won’t retire opine about progress is stale and telling. ✌🏼😊
@JeffCaplan313 Жыл бұрын
Churn is great. That way no one knows what's trusted or not.
@brandonb5075 Жыл бұрын
@@JeffCaplan313 not sure if you are expressing something positive or negative…all I would say is you don’t trust or believe in Science; rather you constantly question it with new ideas. New ideas come from new humans. Happy holidays friend. ✌🏼😊
@jgcelliott1 Жыл бұрын
The "generation" thing sounds petty. .
@brandonb5075 Жыл бұрын
@@jgcelliott1 so does hoarding resources and knowledge…”generation” was a metaphor for the “elder” state of our situation. It is stagnant! Imo. Have a great day and thanks for the input✌🏼😊
@jgcelliott1 Жыл бұрын
@@brandonb5075... I don't disagree with you, but I would argue that far, far too much is being made of "generational issues". .
@ReginaJune Жыл бұрын
2:18 feynman was a fine man, charming, funny and warm…. Like Mr. Rodgers if he had a couple of cocktails 😂
@johnes0522 Жыл бұрын
He said schools have teaching disabilities that was pure genius.
@CoolChannelName11 ай бұрын
His brother is a teacher who taught children to ignore authority and when the students cancelled him, he acted surprised and called it a complete mystery.
@RippleDrop.8 ай бұрын
@@CoolChannelNameO have a feeling there's more to the story.
@Snap_Crackle_Pop_Grock Жыл бұрын
Kinda bizarre for the interviewer to say the way Feynman conducted science what “not very popular at the time; not seen as good science.” He was offered professorship to Cornell in his 20s, the people in the academic establishment were very impressed by him, as far as I know, he was one of the most famous physicists of his time, he won the Nobel prize in his 40s lol… the interviewer tried to make it seem like he was some unrecognized recluse in his own time, which was not the case at all.
@tomyproconsul6 ай бұрын
This is probably a similar misconception that Einstein was bad at math and that he failed highschool or something.
@timsexton Жыл бұрын
Eric Weinstein is a figure who should be modeled and duplicated. Dude is not only extremely intelligent and self aware, he has imaginative properties & abilities which continue to astound me. *_TRUST! !_*
@channelwarhorse336710 ай бұрын
Yet he still cannot tell you geometrical unification is by 7 planes of light, by r > c, r = c, r < c as per H Bar to a note, music he still can not sing.
@timsexton10 ай бұрын
@@channelwarhorse3367 Lol, so I guess Eric is unfit for duplication & aerosal dispersal? *_TRUST !!_*
@channelwarhorse336710 ай бұрын
@timsexton Well, the pursuit of geometrical unification, he can only continue to step 🚶♂️ into shoes 👞 to fill. Heroic BATTLES, to strike the heart of reality. With love, combustion of water, as UFOs 🛸 use 7 planes of light ✨️ will he step INTO WAR, for his manners & memes, Tim, Sexton he can punch 👊 or take HITS. Taking both, seems your a 🕺 beyond Eric Weinstein, honestly a Champion 🏆 🥇
@advaitrahasya Жыл бұрын
Nice :) To the factors revealed in this conversation, I would like to add three for your consideration. 1. Reviewing those who gave us the big jumps, … many seem to have been outsiders, not groomed in the guild's version of Right Thinking. 2. The progress made by those who, even without the experiential learning required to understand Eastern metaphysics, nonetheless found sufficient inspiration from the old Eastern crib notes to make serious progress. Exposure to alternatives to one's (trained, borrowed, assumed) paradigm can be very fruitful. 3. The (largely unknown, hence largely untrained) mental capacity for overview. The nearest academia gets to this is multi-disciplinary stuff - just people that are weak in two or three linearities. Even polymaths, having expertise in up to a dozen linear studies, is typically not great at Overview, aka Feminine mind. Note Noether, Curie, and the many other women who made great contributions. So, sure, it would be nice if academia better accommodated the kinds of minds which can make the big jumps, but to my (admittedly male, but heavily exercised and trained) overview it looks like a few more decades of mostly "good" science can be expected. And that might be a good thing ;)
@mikebreeden6071 Жыл бұрын
Based on what you wrote, may I put here... Polanyi explained it. You don't calculate or figure to create underived new knowledge. You fall in love with the question. Science must be completely personal. It is not only the scientist that must be fearless, but also the person that recognizes their work must lose their fears and inhibitions to be able to see something 100% unfamiliar and uncomfortable. Then look for someone doing unacceptable science, so unacceptable that they are not involved in science. They will be completely on their own. You want a Hail Mary? Find someone who cannot be stopped, cannot be restricted. Look for the person driven to solve the problem. What problem. What questions need to be answered? Energy? Sure, but what about the basic question of human survival. Hey, a topic science doesn't talk much about. It is interested in it, but does anyone get traction. Look for something like that, maybe a systematic study of how humans can adapt genetically and strategically for long term survival. It might reveal the unexpected and be very useful. The person would have to understand science, history, law, religion, which science won't look at, and even philosophy that science is only realizing it needs to look at. ... KZbin blocks the title, but if you want to see some new science, unscramble and look for EneticsG orF A EnW UmanH cologyE My apologies, but KZbin does block that title if unscrambled.
@0xggbrnr Жыл бұрын
So short an interview but full of gems.
@nz7166 Жыл бұрын
its very nice to see someone speak on these topics consistently
@RizwanNazirAhmed6 ай бұрын
The best interview on the web atm
@generaldodger94010 ай бұрын
Science of rationality as reached its peak and debate no longer happens.
@cdbaxul472611 ай бұрын
Perhaps next time greater care will be placed on the audio level of the guest, rather than the host.
@MickeJagger Жыл бұрын
I relate to the idea of learning in different ways
@KAZVorpal10 ай бұрын
The problem is that almost no modern "science" follows the methodology of real science.
@Wildflowerfire11 ай бұрын
I was very moved by. I relate to it deeply.
@carolspencer6915 Жыл бұрын
Happy Xmas Eve to IAI and Eric Super science sensemaking indeed. Truly grateful for all you do. 💜
@MR-backup Жыл бұрын
Merry Christmas.
@jaeslow63476 ай бұрын
Here after watching him talk to Terrence Howard, so these first 2 minutes about 'great' science really shows how open mindedness is what will lead to great discovery and he puts it into practice when he talks to Terrence, even if Howard is seeing patterns in everything I appreciate someone sat him down and tried to reign him in .
@F1ct10n17 Жыл бұрын
I learn alot about science but still it wasn't enough to provide me the answer to the question what I truly want.
@alexgonzo5508 Жыл бұрын
What question is that?
@F1ct10n17 Жыл бұрын
@@alexgonzo5508 why you speak? Why not to fallow the law of nature? How? Why ? What? ? When? The big question 😄
@johnwarring2337 Жыл бұрын
Now you can learn something else; it's 'a lot' not 'alot.'
@F1ct10n17 Жыл бұрын
@@johnwarring2337 yah by playing words the next numbers.
@F1ct10n17 Жыл бұрын
@@johnwarring2337 oh I forgot I'm just lonely with my thoughts, don't mind me😂
@ginovanrooi11 ай бұрын
This man has my respect
@daz571211 ай бұрын
What an incredible conversation. So much was said in such a short period of time. I can’t say how happy I am for that last bit on faith, I truly believe that’s why we don’t see great science anymore. Too many good scientists have spent an incredible amount of energy mocking great scientists.
@hochathanfire0001 Жыл бұрын
“Survivors of the School Wars.” Best education line I have heard yet 😂😂😂😂😂😂.
@clungebucket23 Жыл бұрын
Context!... When was this recorded? Considering how this discussion has changed over recent years, it's important to know
@Jack_Parsons-666 Жыл бұрын
It's suspicious how they don't show the interviewer and how the IAI logo seems to be digitally inserted onto the coffee table. I suspect this is just a repost of some older interview done by someone else.
@DC-tk8mp11 ай бұрын
Too many clip accounts reposting out there to not be suspicious
@josephhruby3225 Жыл бұрын
Fascinating mind . Bravo 👏
@angbandart Жыл бұрын
Welcome back Eric, a most warm welcome =)
@Alekosssvr Жыл бұрын
Eric makes his points eloquently and always provides some interesting reference points. We need more people like Eric.
@nsbd90now Жыл бұрын
No. We do not. He speaks outside of his field and it is flat-out embarrassing. He isn't even aware of classic books on the topic such as "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" by Thomas Kuhn. Science is just a _method_ it is "good" or "bad" depending upon adherence to that method.
@jaydenwilson9522 Жыл бұрын
@@nsbd90now the current paradigm is in need of change and we get to see the shift live... back off square and go back to your complex plane.
@nsbd90now Жыл бұрын
@@jaydenwilson9522 Oh please. You're just parroting phrases you don't even understand and bordering on a word salad Jayden.
@granddefectus4602 Жыл бұрын
@@nsbd90now There are plenty of good ideas, the problem is that everyone is too isolated.
@nsbd90now Жыл бұрын
@@granddefectus4602 There are also plenty of bad ideas. The problem is people are no longer educated within the classic curriculum of The Liberal Arts & Humanities which provides basic critical thinking skills and a broad foundation of basic knowledge. Instead, they are _trained_ to serve corporate interests... not educated to be good citizens and people. This is by design. Do a search for "The Powell Doctrine" written in 1971 by future Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell. It is a call to business about the danger of a citizenry capable of critical thinking.
@thegeneralist7527 Жыл бұрын
"A scientific revolution in which we tell the administrators to get the hell out of our labs." I would go so far as to say a social revolution in which we tell the government administrators to get the hell out of our lives."
@MR-backup Жыл бұрын
There was a time when Scientists, Historians, Political Scientists, and Soldiers all got together to do just that; and with barely the shirts on their back!
@jessewhite1679 Жыл бұрын
We are not farming ourselves to our fullest potential.
@gbolt111 Жыл бұрын
Is that box taking interview from Eric?
@shegoeslocofoco Жыл бұрын
Audio editing couldd help here a lot. Interviewer constantly making confirming sounds, utterances while listening (which probably in person is good for engagement with the interviewee) is very VERY distracting to viewer.
@pedrosura9 ай бұрын
Eric Weinstein is a great voice for Science. He delivers frank and honest criticism with extraordinary wit. I wish scientists and particularly science communicators (NDT) would have his attiude. Science has been stuck in the mid 20th century and has become a field where test and verification has been replaced by math and ideas cant really be shot down because they are untestable. What can we possibly get out of this??
@lepidoptera93377 ай бұрын
You have never been in a lab, have you? ;-)
@pedrosura7 ай бұрын
@@lepidoptera9337 Your attitude proves my point. What lab experiment can you design to show that doppler shift observed in Galaxies.. is caused by recessional velocities? There isnt one. Yet, you can go one and build up on theories and the consequences of theories without realizing that some of the initial assumptions may not be on ground as solld as you wish. Then, any criticism is unwelcomed. How dare I? Right? You know that I have been to a Lab probably as Much as Einstein and that doesnt change anything. I am sure that the scientists in a lab do a great job and it has nothing to do with my point. There are unverifyable things that are assumed as truth. Is the really isotropic and homogeneous? Is it really expanding? Besides doppler what is the evidence? CMB? Hmm ok
@pedrosura7 ай бұрын
@@lepidoptera9337 By test and verification, I am not referring to the type of lab experiments that are being performed. For example, what lab experiment can you do to verify that the Universe is expanding and that the doppler shift is caused by recessional velocities.? There isnt one. Yet this assumption is the basis of all cosmology. Eventually, they will tell themselves that this has been verified and our certainty in this assumption is 100%. Well, it isnt.. period. So, is it that lab experiements are bad? No. Its the attitude. Even your question.. hey, how many times have you been to the Lab? Not at all. And it doesnt change anything. There are things we know, and things that we know if a bunch of assumptions and models are correct. Scientists place too much faith on models that do not have the solid foundatiin that they think they have. This attitude can stop new ideas and models from being considered. That was Eric’s point.
@pedrosura7 ай бұрын
@@lepidoptera9337 If you wanted to find out if the expansion of space is causing the doppler shift seen in the light of galaxies. Which lab would you go to and what experiment.? Its not that labs are not performing experiments, but that there are some measurements beyond the abilities of our labs. Now, this is crucial to know to verify our cosmological models. Yet, it is treated as fact and any other ideas are ridiculed. Thats the point.
@scottstensland Жыл бұрын
Imagination, Courage and Fortitude are the pillars of breakthroughs ... too bad academia fails to reward these
@journathan Жыл бұрын
Too many people, especially scientists, undervalue imagination.
@DrDeuteron Жыл бұрын
What about dark energy? Heard that was a boring measurement. Just dotting the 👁️ and crossing the 🫖 . Turned into a huge wtf
@jimschaefer133211 ай бұрын
I love hearing this guy.
@NWLee Жыл бұрын
Thank you, Eric and iai !
@boyanbc Жыл бұрын
This interview needs to last AT LEAST another 2-3h... Thanks, though 😊
@Enigmaticpursuit Жыл бұрын
Eric has his own podcast named the portal!
@RonaldEmerald Жыл бұрын
cool and respectable
@powerandpresence529011 ай бұрын
I found this to be unexpectedly and unfeasibly good. Eric is right about great science. The problem of course is that if great science often emerges (in part) from “fringe” practices and attitudes, and from a pool of much failed science, then how do you incentivise people and institutions to invest time and money into it? And the reality is that the future Feynmans and Einsteins are going to have to do much of their work outside the system and without much support, at least not much support for their wacky habits and ideas.
@NoHair-pk3xg Жыл бұрын
I'm surprised but glad that EW didn't get wrapped around Thomas Kuhn's axel.
@ravishankartj57498 ай бұрын
An excellent interview, not just about science. As someone who has taught students with dyslexia and sponsored training programs for teachers, I have experienced first hand how the sheer numbers in schools make teachers defensive and shift the burden on students. Professor Weinstein is wrong though to dismiss learning disability as a problem. Schools can only deal with the ‘normal’ and find ways to exclude others, forcing the creation of separate institutions for certain groups of students. Doubt there’s a simple solution. His distinction between good and great science is in a sense present in Thomas Kuhn’s Structure of Scientific Revolutions but remains valid more so today
@aroemaliuged4776 Жыл бұрын
Believing in you’re own self worth.. A Weinsteinian trait through the roof
@aroemaliuged4776 Жыл бұрын
Be brave Eric and say if trump is the next president then fkn disaster ensues But he has his audience
@Fonsoknows3311 ай бұрын
How can the speculative integration of quantum mechanics with neuroscience, specifically through concepts like quantum neurology and the idea of a universal, interconnected consciousness, be empirically investigated to validate or refute the theory that individual consciousness is a manifestation of a universal consciousness governed by quantum principles?
@TeaParty177610 ай бұрын
Religion prostitutes science.
@sonarbangla8711 Жыл бұрын
I was under the impression that Eric was a believer, but it seems he is more complicated. However, this video shows a side of Eric that surprised me, he is a true revolutionary fighting Talmudic excesses. Previously I didn't like Eric, but now I have started to like his ideas. Besides a scientific revolution he should endorse a Chinese style 'cultural revolution'.
@jaydenwilson9522 Жыл бұрын
mhmm! The east is embarrassing the west right now... from papers on electrochemical transmutation in china - indian engineers and mathematicians proving calculus is false math.... john napier made most mathematicians redundant so they turned solutions into problems to give themselves a long lasting career in physics.
@avisternlieb449 Жыл бұрын
What does this comment mean? I'm curious, but I don't get it. I'm particularly intrigued by the reference to "Talmudic excesses" but I don't understand what that means or how it bears relevance in this context. The reference to a Chinese style cultural revolution is also lost on me.
@avisternlieb449 Жыл бұрын
My bad, I'm sorry, I'm only 4:00 but I assumed the whole thing was about science. Judging by the other comments it seems like there's some discussion of faith and religion so perhaps "Talmudic excesses" will make more sense in that context.
@sonarbangla8711 Жыл бұрын
This is a short video about abuse of good/great science and I am with you. What i make fuss about is the fact QM isn't a theory, yet few rules make it the most unreasonably effective, but since the time of Einstein it remains 'incomplete' and avoid good/great science and resort to what results in covid and opioid abuse in the name of science. Moreover I think we aren't doing anything to improve the situation. I got the impression you want to rectify the situation. Chinese cultural revolution was devised to ensure that global powers never again humiliate the Chinese, expecting this philosophy of Mao would help you in your fight to establish good science.@@avisternlieb449
@jgcelliott1 Жыл бұрын
You should read up on the Chinese "cultural revolution". You may change your mind about seeing it repeated. .
@TheNW36011 ай бұрын
"ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya....interesting". Has no idea what Brett's talking about. Neither do I
@alex79suited Жыл бұрын
Happy holidays everyone. Peace 😎 ✌️ from Canada, eh.
@TheWorldTeacher Жыл бұрын
🎄Merry Christmas!🎄
@PetraKann Жыл бұрын
Merry Christmas
@Breca Жыл бұрын
Merry XMas From London, Ontario Canada
@bosco3451 Жыл бұрын
Has Eric ever published original research in a peer reviewed journal?
@kammonkam4905 Жыл бұрын
No.
@moshet842 Жыл бұрын
Who cares? I recently had a friend discount the nutritional counsel given to me by a doctor citing the doctor wasn't a published nutrition researcher.
@kammonkam4905 Жыл бұрын
@@moshet842if you think physics is like medicine or nutritional science you have no business commenting.
@____uncompetative Жыл бұрын
His dissertation was cited in a paper that was peer reviewed. He left Harvard University in disgust after his work was stolen, and has had a career in finance whilst working on _Geometric Unity_ in his spare time. There is a draft paper for that but it is a work in progress, so don't assume that because it is typeset using LaTeX like papers which have been through a process of academic peer review that it is of comparable quality. He is quite honest about it not being finished. It is version 1.0 and he will probably have a new, still unfinished, version out in 2025 as he has said he plans to bring his podcast _The Portal_ back, and my guess is that he would feel better doing so after a constitutional election has calmed tempers as there hasn't been one since 2016 in the United States. Fact is, Joe isn't President. No one is.
@rudypieplenbosch6752 Жыл бұрын
You mean having the same quality as with all that covid "research" ?
@jaimepuerto3354 Жыл бұрын
I love your videos
@benedwards450511 ай бұрын
I think Eric is talking more about philosophy than what we call science. Science is VERY basically epistemology. But still, it’s basic understanding through repeatability of observation. How do we know what we know? Great Science is not being afraid. We are here, we are alive, and it’s all us. We should push smartly. I’d talk to that guy and tell him what I know.
@youlig1 Жыл бұрын
Yes, Eric has a unique way of communicating. Yes, he likes to be dramatic. Is his dramatic form of communication warranted? That's a subjective decision. Eric has many interesting things to say. Instead of asking yourself whether you like his form of communication, maybe look at his points. Are they accurate or not? Is there a crisis in physics? Is there a crisis in science? How dramatic are they? Those are the important questions, not if you like someones style of communication. Btw: If there is a big crisis, being dramatic and revolutionary in your thinking and speech might be excatly the right course to take.
@MR-backup Жыл бұрын
Dramatic? Because he made very parallel analogies to the FACTS of what's happening in the 21st century?
@youlig1 Жыл бұрын
@@MR-backup Did i ever say that he is wrong about what he is saying? No. So your comment is completely pointless. Maybe read my comment until you actually understand it (If thats possible) and then comment on it afterwards...
@MR-backup Жыл бұрын
@@youlig1 Did i ever say that he is wrong about what he is saying? No. - I never said you did. So your comment is completely pointless. - If only you had eyes to see what your reply is. Maybe read my comment until you actually understand it (If thats possible) and then comment on it afterwards... - I understood the first time; clearly you should be taking your advice, first.
@daniel.lopresti14 күн бұрын
It's more mild amusement for me. Receptors for religious beliefs?? Sometimes it takes a while before you actually realise he's steaming ahead on an extended metaphor.
@MrDasart11 ай бұрын
Brilliant!!
@deidaranohits Жыл бұрын
Why can't we see the interviewer? It's bizarre to not see how the interviewer responds to Weinstein's statements
@persistenthomology Жыл бұрын
Yes, very strange.
@morgengold Жыл бұрын
just concentrate on the ideas
@deidaranohits Жыл бұрын
@@morgengold Ideas are carried on by humans who express emotion, surprise, frustration, puzzlement, etc. Why not have both?
@Corteum Жыл бұрын
@@InMyBunker The intervewier exists as waves for us viewers, and as particles for Weisntein.
@____uncompetative Жыл бұрын
Amongst his many talents, Eric Weinstein is a skilled ventriloquist.
@SuzanneTaylorSUESpeaks Жыл бұрын
This made me think about my disastrous experience with TED pulling my license to produce TEDX West Hollywood over the content of my program, which they labeled pseudo-science, instead of appreciating whatever new ideas came from renowned thought shapers, that included Russell Targ and Larry Dossey. Their slogan, "Ideas Worth Spreading," should be, "Ideas worth spreading except if they don't conform to materialistic science."
@inajosmood Жыл бұрын
What other science is there? Non materialistic science can't ever be proven, because once proven it becomes materialistic. So non materialistic science could only be ideas.
@SuzanneTaylorSUESpeaks Жыл бұрын
@@inajosmood As you state it, you seemingly make sense, but you're behind the times where there is a movement to expand the parameters of science to include what is beyond that narrow band of materialism. Do a search for "non-materialist science" and you'll find a treasure trove.
@appidydafoo Жыл бұрын
Thank you
@greenftechn Жыл бұрын
I was expecting a mention of "Against Method" in the beginning.
@adampeaston2076 Жыл бұрын
"Load bearing behaviours" ❤
@voombit Жыл бұрын
That is a technocrat, through and through
@Robert_McGarry_Poems Жыл бұрын
Maybe ... But what he is saying is that the self and material involvement with the social, rely on our ability to be in language agreement... Which is what the scientific method should be used for. It's the move to individual spiritually derived language that is fracturing society into tribal pieces. The dangerous part that he points out ... But also the modern view of the larger scientific institution as some kind of sterile, humanless, anti religion device, only inhabited by monetarily privileged people, not those of actual intellectual merit, that causes academia to lose sight of it's full potential... Sort of the post modern version of elitism in academia. You can't have society without materialism and technology, causing the necessity to share ideas in the first place. They are not mutually exclusive ideas. In fact they must exist together.
@panmichael5271 Жыл бұрын
One must also content with the destructive human attribute of envy entering scientific rivalry between good science and great science, and between those who are good and those who are potentially great.
@chrisnuk Жыл бұрын
What an extraordinary mind. I love the way he pulls on disparate ideas in making his arguments.
@ADB-zf5zr Жыл бұрын
Having looked at this content creators KZbin channel, I was disheartened that this discussion between multiple people has been cut down to just this 15-minute clip, how sad. The channel does not include a full video, and the other videos in the same time frame appear to be different videos about other subjects.! Science and the discussion of science should not be hidden, this is beyond sad, this is a disgrace.!
@JonqenАй бұрын
Its on the website
@Helios601 Жыл бұрын
There is no real science without spirituality
@kingflockthewarrior202 Жыл бұрын
Ok.
@johnlenardburnett5713 Жыл бұрын
Eric Weinstein is what us Aussies describe as a "Cluey-Clot". This does not mean he a clot amoung the clueless but a parady reflecting its opposite. Therefore, Cluey-Clot is the highest complement of being "brainy" us Aussies can bestow upon someone.
@richardouvrier3078 Жыл бұрын
I’m Australian too: among; parody; compliment. Sorry, it’s Xmas.
@jakubjodlowski8416 Жыл бұрын
Eric on top form imo
@piehound Жыл бұрын
We need a little Christmas (or Xmas, or Chanukah . . . your choice) right this very minute. Don't hold me back. I'm working on my holiday fruit cake. Testing the toncisticity of the whiskey. It must be of the highest scientific quality.
@Paine137 Жыл бұрын
Merry Mythmas
@jandybchillin1519 Жыл бұрын
Whoaaaa. That language analogy at the end about religion blew my mind.
@goldwhitedragon Жыл бұрын
Copied Chris Langan CTMU
@prakar Жыл бұрын
Eric - "Feynman wasn't really great. He didn't know what he had created, someone else did it for him" Host - "yeah. Yeah. Yeayeayea".
@TheMarcusrobbins Жыл бұрын
Need for metaphysics. Specific receptor. 5-HT2A. Religion. It's Chomsky like built in function of the mind. Good lord this man is brilliant. Takes understand that we can barely feel and draws it out into perfect illumination.
@aleksandarlikic7460 Жыл бұрын
Need for metaphysics vary from person to person. I personally accepted that there are questions which we may never have the answer to. But I am cognizant of the fact that many people cannot live with "I don't know", they must have a belief that they have the answer, otherwise they are lost in uncertainty. I think that Eric conflates two things - the literal need for the answers, as I just described, which can be satisfied only by religion, and benefits of rituals (praying, meditation, etc.) which many atheists exercise without summoning supernatural. I think he is doing the latter. I don't do any of this, unless you count closing your eyes and listening to Oscar Peterson as meditation:)
@foxbasedelta338 Жыл бұрын
Eric certainly talks a good fight - sadly, the world is still waiting for him to...actually do anything...apart from talk.
@inajosmood Жыл бұрын
Exactly, blabla, but never contributed a single dime to any relevant field. But he, he talks like he knows all, so we should trust him!
@johncollins211 Жыл бұрын
What I've always felt like Eric was saying that there is just far too many amazing minds that are just being led the wrong career paths and ways of thinking. They are put into a box when they should be taking risk on stuff than string theory.
@RippleDrop.8 ай бұрын
Isn't it important to educate people also and change minds?
@joverstreet246 ай бұрын
@EQUALITYOFOPPORTUNITYFORALL8 ай бұрын
Eric is brutally honest and thats why we love him!!
@leocmen Жыл бұрын
As much as I like to hear Eric's point of view about science, the fact that he is downplaying Feynman in this interview made me feel very uncomfortable...
@DrDeuteron Жыл бұрын
Then don’t watch the GellMann interviews
@Hughmanity80 Жыл бұрын
Love love love Eric Weinstein ❤😊
@PhilLeith11 ай бұрын
The thing that blew my mind the most and set off alarm bells was having politicians telling doctors what they could and couldn't prescribe for covid-19.
@lepidoptera933711 ай бұрын
Like Trump? Yes, that was funny. ;-)
@PhilLeith11 ай бұрын
@@lepidoptera9337 No, like the Democrat governors who decided they knew better than doctors and banned things like hydroxychloroquine for COVID. These are not things politicians should decide. So what medications did Trump keep doctors from using? Got a list? Just curious.
@lepidoptera933711 ай бұрын
@@PhilLeith Governors can't ban the use of drugs. What are you smoking? :-)
@PhilLeith11 ай бұрын
@@lepidoptera9337 And now back to Trump. What treatments, exactly, did he ban again?
@lepidoptera933711 ай бұрын
@@PhilLeith I didn't say that he banned anything. He suggested that we inject a disinfectant. That's usually what the mortician does after somebody dies. ;-)
@anjam.rommel35386 ай бұрын
I couldnt agree more with Mr. Weinstein on this. He is such a necessary menace, thank you Eric. And your special presentation on geometric unity is EVERYTHING!
@NikolaiRogich Жыл бұрын
Wait…he didn’t cite Kuhn here……..??😑
@babbarr7710 ай бұрын
Revolution? Like looking into ESP and other psychological phenomena? That’s the one I’m interested in.
@ihbrzmkqushzavojtr72mw5pqf6 Жыл бұрын
We need an education revolution, taking classes and using semesters as a metric of management, really? 😂😂😂
@spartacusforlife1508 Жыл бұрын
Do we ? And who controls that science? Who controls what is believed and what is disbelieved? So often decent science is dismissed due to jealousy or other scientists protecting their ground. So often crappy science is promoted, especially in the medical drugs field, because it and the scientists are bought and paid for. Is economics considered a science because the vast majority of academic economists were bought and paid for by the market.
@frankfaga5 ай бұрын
Eric tells the truth with direct speech. It’s super refreshing. It’s a crazy-extra bonus, that he’s so flipping intelligent.
@lepidoptera93375 ай бұрын
Eric tells you what you want to hear. Every kid who failed in school and never got over it wants to hear that what they taught him in school was wrong. ;-)
@johnbrown4568 Жыл бұрын
"Science cares about you" is an expression akin to that of a worshiper of deities envisioned in anthropomorphic terms...or at best, a rather poetic lyricist. Strange phrasing indeed...
@iananderson8288 Жыл бұрын
Eric killed this interview
@MsJilliard Жыл бұрын
I would love to see a long conversation with Ian McGilchrist and Eric!! Anybody else?
@MrVibrating Жыл бұрын
Yes - _great_ science is audacious! I have newfound respect for Weinstein, he's smarter than often given credit for..
@oioi9372 Жыл бұрын
I bet Tim Dillon still lives rent free in his head😂
@JJJJJVVVVVLLLLL Жыл бұрын
everyone has a tenant or 2 evading eviction
@twyckoff87 Жыл бұрын
family of theorists
@Paine137 Жыл бұрын
As he lives in yours rent-free.
@oioi9372 Жыл бұрын
@@Paine137I've just moved in your head and gonna be living rent free😂
@oioi9372 Жыл бұрын
@@JJJJJVVVVVLLLLLyep, mine is @paine137's mother😂
@Doozy_Titter Жыл бұрын
Well scientific revolution comes from sober theories like Oppenheim's one, not from theories like Geometric Unity or String theory
@PsychedelicAnxiety Жыл бұрын
Regarding the statement at the end, my mind goes to Kant: Metaphysics is an instinct and a temperament of humankind and has to be dealt with
@artievipperla26357 ай бұрын
😊His confession as an atheist who prays: “ you Can’t Speak no Language, and similarly you can’t escape the human need for metaphysics. But the idea should be that you have that need cloud your reason as little as possible and as much as as necessary.”
@merlicky11 ай бұрын
Personally, I like the "load-bearing behavior" line the best. This is really a powerful idiom, especially when combined with a lot of the topics his brother discusses.