[pippy]

Ironically Eric used these techniques in his interview with Joe Rogan three days ago. Eric blamed the divergence of the income and production relation on the modern academic environment. Which is a bizarre conclusion to draw, instead of the more likely candidates of Neo-liberalisim and market forces of the employment sector. These conclusions wouldn't suit his world view, so he explained them away using jargon.

His view on physics is equally as baffling. He claims he knows the secret that will revolutionise the field, at the same time, people in the field discredit his theory because they're arrogant and academically institutionalized. It's a bold claim to make, and I'll have to eat my hat if he's right, but I'll trust the people who are experts in the field.

In short, Eric Weinstein is a crackpot. A very intelligent crackpot, but he really should stick to mathematics and investment.

[ajuc]

I've seen the interview, and even watched his podcast for a while where he talked about his physic theory.

I can't myself evaluate his theory with my understandig of physics (basically at one point I knew the math for quantum mechanic, but that was long ago and at no point I did understood it).

But the way Eric sells his theory screams SCAM to me. He portraits himself as lone truthseeker against the established elites, uses every bit of confirmation he can get (talking at length about his speech in Oxford), but doesn't get that much into the falsifable predictions of the theory or how it differs from String theory mathemathically.

And he spends much more time on parables and "what would it mean for economy" and everything surrounding the theory than on the theory itself.

If your theory is good simply try to explain it as best you can, don't try to upsell it with all the marketing bullshit and conspiracy theories.

[0x8BADF00D]

The richer this type of person gets, the more deranged and farther from reality they become. It seems that their material success has corrupted their egos to a point of deification.