Brothers Bret & Eric Weinstein Discuss the nature of truth, Eric's journey and objectives as a mathematician. They talk about geometric unity, and the obstacles to the discovery of fundamental truths that might transform our lives for the better, and protect humanity from catastrophic failures of wisdom.
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Eric and Bret catch up
01:44 Eric’s academic background and instituitional gatekeeping
06:40 Maths and physics – is the map the territory?
11:56 Geometric Quantisation
18:02 Do we live in a deterministic universe?
21:32 What’s beyond Einstein?
30:43 14 dimensions
37:16 Einstein’s principle insight
41:24 Talking to a lay audience about rulers and protractors
43:28 “Length is a lie”
47:09 Back to 14 dimensions
54:47 Mites
57:16 “What are we even discussing?”
57:23 Einstein’s paradigm
01:01:34 Fact, theory, hypothesis
01:02:50 “Why are we spending so much time in the philosophy of science?”
01:05:53 “Science is the totality of things that have worked to produce fairly reliable knowledge”
01:09:04 “I could turn to Karl Popper or...”
01:10:13 “If you can’t join them, beat them”
01:12:20 Telomeres
01:16:37 Why science can’t have a “no asshole” policy
01:18:37 Back to rulers and protractors and unpacking the universe
01:24:30 How is GU different to Many Worlds?
01:29:19 Wrapping up GU
01:32:23 The tragedy of Eric’s work
01:38:28 “What is it like to see the rest of the world as crazy all the time?”
01:39:44 Is Spanish a hard language?
01:45:18 “I find all of you completely insane” the four forces
01:53:45 Back to telomeres and maths trauma
02:01:06 “Nasim Taleb is a pain in the ass”
02:11:29 A universal problem with institutions and expertise
02:16:28 Why Americans enabled China
02:22:25 Cathy Newman and Jordan Peterson – having privilege and being correct
02:25:47 Mainstream media vs Intellectual Dark Web
02:30:15 The lack of leaders in society (1)
02:32:49 Courageous black intellectuals (2)
02:35:40 Mass insanity happening now
02:36:49 Lived experience
02:39:59 DMT
02:41:30 “We have huge numbers of people who have somebody else’s hands around their throat”
02:42:00 First against the wall club
02:44:09 The Chihuahua effect and “you’re wrong.”
02:46:56 Back to leaders (3) + Two Smart Jews Discuss Dave Chappelle
02:52:41 The problem with MAGA and Kanye West
02:57:34 Dave Chappelle calling out Candace Owens
02:58:02 Does this end with nuclear holocaust?
03:01:04 “We need revolutionary change without a revolution”
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