Eric Weinstein

@EricRWeinstein ↗

Deleted No

Hibernated No

Last Checked Sept. 16, 2022

Created

Wed Aug 24 15:24:05 +0000 2022

Likes

247

Retweets

Source

Twitter for iPhone

View Raw Data

JSON Data

View on Twitter

Likely Available

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

Physics in 1980: “I’m trying to grasp why nature has 3 generations of chiral fermions with SU(3)xSU(2)xU(1) internal symmetry.” Physics Today: “Remind me again what the internal quantum numbers are? I do quantum gravity so it’s not something I’ve worked with since my QFT class.” — PolitiTweet.org

What has string theory done to become the poster child of failed physics? It hasn’t even failed.

Posted Aug. 24, 2022

Preceded By

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

I’m being light hearted. If you think any of this is actually aliens you should answer the latter. [Obviously most UFO are unlikely to be aliens.] — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 24, 2022

Followed By

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

A) High energy physics of real particles became the no-energy physics of toy models. B) Quantizing Gravity was substituted for unification or extension of the Standard model. C) Other research programs were obliterated because ST claimed it had it all rapped up. D) Hype won. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 24, 2022