Eric Weinstein on the trouble with #stringtheory

[phillblake]

Love Dr Penrose 😂 he’s just downloading the latest update from the higher dimension.

[devanshsharma]

The energy dog ate my energy homework 🤣

Hold on a minute. We need to contact Mr Terrance Howard to verify this information about String Theory.

[pearhams]

It is actually possible for many high intellectuals to get trapped into a "framework" of thought. They get so caught up in the process, and any number of shared biases, they don't notice they have strayed into conjectural space and persist there due to intellectual inertia; not being able to turn around.

But that's just my take.

[DaveMiller]

String theory summarized:

Fred: I just had an awesome idea. Suppose all matter and energy was made of tiny vibrating strings.

George: Ok. What would that imply?

Fred: I dunno.

[spunkybrewster]

Dr. Penrose nods off, wakes back up, asks, "Y'all finished?" and then schools everyone.

[conforzo]

What I like here is that he emphasize the way scientists as human subjects interact with their work shapes it as much as the work itself.

[Appleblade]

Eric's backhanded compliment... or was it a forehand with a backhanded insult?... was funny. But Penrose just napping through the whole thing is priceless.

[richardchurchill]

The primary thing intelligence does for anyone is to make their mistakes more interesting.

[Valiyus]

I think a lot of people misinterpret what Eric is trying to do. He is trying to take some of the glamour or higher importance on String Theory. I do wish that more sectors would get more recognition instead of the rockstar mentality of String Theorist. So yeah, I do agree with him there.

[rdcoasttoast]

String Theorists: We have to stop Eric Weinstein!
Cameraman: I can make him cross eyed

[Pentross]

Even if it’s a dead end it wasn’t entirely wasted, the methods used to test and study it have produced numerous other results

[STIC]

Our sustainer, the Flying Spaghetti Monster, revealed string theory to scientist's brains
The strings are his infinite noodley appendages divided to form the foundation of the Universe
R'Amen

[knightsfb]

Every person that is working on the edge of information, always has crazy hair. No crew cut, no shaved heads. Just wild ass hair that grows any which way

[j.dunlop]

Einstein said, "If you can't explain it to a five year old, you don't understand it!" 😅

[fredflintstone]

A couple of my favorite scientists there. Roger and Eric.

[ezbody]

Eric loves words, especially when they come out of his mouth.

[CaptainUrielVentris]

Tragically it turns out that a library worth of excellent maths does not necessarily *mean* anything.

[PaddyMacWorld]

The silly word is “Theory” which in science means a well substantiated explanation incorporating laws; hypothesis; and facts. Theories such a Evolution; Gravity etc. But the flat earthers and others of their ilk say “But its only a Theory”!

Currently String ‘Theory’ should, I think be called String “Suggestion or Proposal”. Otherwise its use as a term weakens the actual well evidenced “Theories”.

[delmontgreen]

I love listening to Eric expound on any topic. Dudes groks stuff deep.