Eric Weinstein: What Terrance Howard Said on Joe Rogan & Alt Scientific Theories - Brian Keating

Does 1x1=2? Is the periodic table wrong?
Are all conspiracies wrong?
Are experts failing us?

While there is no clear answer to these questions, it is clear that there is a growing public distrust of experts and institutions, and even more clear that this has severe consequences for society and science.

Join me and my colleague Eric Weinstein as we explore this in the context of Terrance Howard’s appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience. We dig deep into the reasons for this skepticism, from political pressures to historical deceptions, and hypothesize potential solutions!

Eric Weinstein is an American mathematician at Thiel Capital, Peter Thiel's investment firm. He is the host of the Portal Podcast

Though not an academic physicist, he proposed a unified theory of physics in 2013. He and his brother Bret Weinstein coined the term Intellectual Dark Web to refer to an informal group of pundits. Eric is a vocal critic of modern academic hierarchies and advocates for advances in scientific theory over an emphasis on experimental results. We discuss funding, academic freedom, and theoretical vs experimental physics.

Key Takeaways:

00:00:00 Intro
00:00:33 Giving platforms to unorthodox thinkers
00:03:39 Eric on the collapse of institutional trust
00:06:25 The decline in the reputation of universities and their impact
00:11:49 Need for reconciliation over COVID-related lies
00:24:08 Dangers of misinformation
00:28:04 The complicated relationship between national security and science
00:40:57 Eric’s vision for re-establishing trust in the scientific community
01:06:14 Outro

*Joe Rogan Experience with Researcher, Actor & Musician Terrence Howard https://rumble.com/v4w7diu-joe-rogan-experience-with-researcher-actor-and-musician-terrence-howard.html?mref=1bxo9j&mc=69gy3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMMhoMmcCPo