Eric Weinstein

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

Wouldn't a scientist ask the question: "What if it is the leadership?" Wouldn't that be a logical scientific question? Wouldn't that be a testable hypothesis? Why can't we ask that question as scientists? Why is that hypothesis excluded after *50* yrs? [End Of Heresy] — PolitiTweet.org

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

Wouldn't a scientist ask the question: [End Of Heresy] — PolitiTweet.org

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

Let's survey the heretics who aren't even worth talking to...and then we can go right back to tiny progress when we're done, following Strings, Loops, SUSY, Standard GUTS & Asymptotic Safety all over again. At least we will know WHY we are stuck. — PolitiTweet.org

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

So I will say it from outside the field. I think the problem is that we aren't actually doing fundamental physics and havevn't been for decades. I want a survey of ALL the OTHER paths. It would probably cost a few hundred thousand dollars to fix this field. But this is bizarre. — PolitiTweet.org

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

Look, we could just hold a conference: "Fundamental Physics: Can't *Anybody* Here Play This Game?" David, Ed, Maria, Cumrun, Nati, Lenny, Juan, Lee etc. could be respondents giving constructive feedback. We would then at least learn why we are where we are. But this is nuts. — PolitiTweet.org

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

Why is being older with a long track record of not making progress the way we select our leadership? What if for 3 years we tried to ask: IS THERE ANYONE ELSE OUT HERE WITH OTHER IDEAS? I know. It's stupid. It's crazy. It's self-serving. But it has been 49yrs+11Mos of this. — PolitiTweet.org

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

What if we *excluded* people who are consistently wrong about the path forward and asked: "Are there any OTHER ideas? Not Strings. Not Loops. Not Asymptotic Safety. Not Simple Compact GUTs. Not Quantum Computing. Not Black Hole Information. Not Technicolor. Not Amplitudes." — PolitiTweet.org

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

Said differently, what if our leadership is brilliant but SPECIFICALLY untrustworthy in identifying the path forward. What if 1000 David Gross & Ed Wit1ten Keynotes setting the agenda are the problem? What if Lenny Susskind is not correct sbout non-string people wasting our time. — PolitiTweet.org

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

For the moment, let me entertain a wild idea. Truly wild. Here goes. What if the problem is our leadership. What if we asked "Who believe String Theory wouldn't work?" "Who never claimed LHC SUSY was imminent?" "Who never said Proton Decay was going to be found?" Etc. — PolitiTweet.org

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

Discussion of the future of theoretical physics seems like a game of "Intellectual Keepaway." Its the same group of mandarins who predicted LHC SuperSymmetry, Mini-Black holes, SU(5) Grand Unification, String Theory, Q-Gravity would work. What do our *heretics* say instead? — PolitiTweet.org

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

@DrDrhello10 @PiaMalaney @noatishby @LeahLamarr @Nature *Treatment in the above. — PolitiTweet.org

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

@NicoleBehnam @elonmusk When invited. — PolitiTweet.org

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

@armysman30 @tferriss @SamHarrisOrg @RubinReport @joerogan @bariweiss @benshapiro @glennbeck Thanks friend! — PolitiTweet.org

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

@rationaloptmist @elonmusk Huh. People tell me they love our interviews together. Which one of them is lousy? Pretty sure I was at MIT too. And I am pretty clear that I was interviewed by Lex at MIT in the library building. Didn’t seem to be fake. — PolitiTweet.org

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

@Vihmunhoz Like ambush journalism but as a podcast? — PolitiTweet.org

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

@DrDrhello10 @PiaMalaney @noatishby @LeahLamarr Honest question: How do we stop the epidemic of amazing accomplished women cutting each other down? Okay. I also see dramatic necklines. But I see entrepreneurs. Authors publishing in @Nature. Film makers. And I see women enjoying themselves as women. And? So? Help me get this. — PolitiTweet.org

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

@DrDrhello10 My wife @PiaMalaney is senior economist at INET & a Harvard PhD. @noatishby brought “In Treatmebt” to the US & is Israel’s Special Envoy. @LeahLamarr is killing it as a standup comedian specializing in lighting fast unscripted crowd work. Etc. Try lifting each other up, Dr.? — PolitiTweet.org

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

@Bill_LessThan3 @elonmusk I don’t know him, but he is the only person I know who gets the need to diversify humanity’s planetary habitats and is willing to say it in public. So that makes him a pivotal human to me, despite the many flaws we all have. Myself included. My issue is about chemical rocketry. — PolitiTweet.org

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

And thanks for *always* being a great and generous friend. Generosity beats Clout every time because it is so rare in social and new media where mean is everywhere. Remember: the beginning is the romantic phase. The best part. Can’t wait to see what you do. Good luck Nicole!🙏 https://t.co/7zlqgtF0xF — PolitiTweet.org

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

How do you signal early on that you’re a great podcast investment? I don’t know…but I’ll give you my favorite question when I started that seemed to work ok: “What are you tired of talking about & what should I research that you are dying to discuss but somehow never get asked?” — PolitiTweet.org

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

So here is my advice for what it is worth: clout matters…but NOT the way people assume. The guests you want, mostly want to help you get good and get big. They will do your podcast as a non-transactional investment in you and your future. But you need to be investment worthy. — PolitiTweet.org

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

In my world, @joerogan is quietly one of the most generous people in podcasting. Ask anyone. He offered early on to do my podcast. I never wanted to have him on early because he’s SO big. I thought I would build it up first organically before having him on, as he did JRE. — PolitiTweet.org

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

Another weird thing is that the ideal guest is someone you can help get reach who is NOT a household name. I started The Portal with two monster guests. But my 3rd guest was pretty obscure. Why? Because he is wildly important to me: @timurkuran, a super innovative economist. — PolitiTweet.org

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

As for high “clout” podcasts: a good guest remembers who helped them and publicly acknowledges it. The following people really helped me get reach early on. @tferriss @samharrisorg @rubinreport @joerogan @bariweiss @benshapiro Etc. Too many of us forget who invested early. — PolitiTweet.org

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

Here’s a little secret. Some (e.g. @elonmusk) search for good human beings who are also great interviewers when their reach is still *small*. I encourage such hosts not to ask the same questions everyone else does. I then try to help them get bigger by giving them new material. https://t.co/D82HnihsMy — PolitiTweet.org

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

@nstlgcpssmst @fallinlovia Because he is trying to be positive to someone he has interacted with on line and who has been kind and thoughtful towards him. He is attempting to return kindness. Stop over analyzing? Thanks! — PolitiTweet.org

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

@BavarianNico We are the choir. I advise preaching in a different direction. ;-) — PolitiTweet.org

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

@james__jenko Wow. — PolitiTweet.org

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

@FredKrushJr He’s the one on the right with the stage clothes. https://t.co/u1NXzhqSmm — PolitiTweet.org

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

*bred. 🙏 — PolitiTweet.org