Albert Einstein

5 statements across 3 episodes · 2 bullish · 3 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Aug 2, 2023 by Marc Andreessen · said 85 times in 23 episodes since 2019 · across every show →

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Everything said about Albert Einstein, oldest first

Aug 2, 2023 positive
Opinion
Andreessen: Von Neumann had clearer political view than Oppenheimer or Einstein
“And, you know, of course, sitting here today, at least, Ben and I would say that von Neumann, like, had a clearer view of politics than, you know, than Oppenheimer or Einstein did.”
Marc Andreessen Aug 2, 2023 ▶ 34:44 Oppenheimer & the Catastrophe of Communism
Aug 2, 2023 negative
Opinion
Andreessen: Einstein and Oppenheimer willfully ignored Soviet communist atrocities
“And unfortunately, you know, the history of this is, is that, you know, Einstein and Oppenheimer and others basically chose to ignore the information and they chose to buy into a system sort of past the point that, you know, for at least for people as smart as…”
Marc Andreessen Aug 2, 2023 ▶ 18:50 Oppenheimer & the Catastrophe of Communism
Aug 2, 2023 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Andreessen: Albert Einstein held pro-Soviet and pro-Stalinist views
“Einstein, unfortunately, and I know Einstein's, a lot of people consider Einstein to be a hero, not just scientifically, but morally, and the movie paints him as a, both a scientific and a moral hero, which is kind of the received wisdom. A little bit of an is…”
Marc Andreessen Aug 2, 2023 ▶ 12:20 Oppenheimer & the Catastrophe of Communism
Oct 30, 2023 positive
Assertion Supported
Mather: Gravitational Lensing Enables JWST to See Early Galaxies
“And nature has given, given us lenses, extra lenses in space to magnify, ah, the more distant universe. And this is something that Einstein predicted, and we never thought it would be useful, ah, except in the most abstract way, but So now what we see is somet…”
John Mather Oct 30, 2023 ▶ 3:02 The Unanswered Questions of Space: Quantum Entanglement, Dark Matter, and Dark Energy
Oct 24, 2025 negative
Assertion Contradicted
Andreessen: Albert Einstein was pro-Stalin and favored a communist dictatorship
“Einstein was the exact opposite of a moral exemplar. Einstein was Stalinist. Like, Einstein was, like, a full-on, like, Einstein was pro-Stolic, like, not even just pro-communist, was actually, like, pro-Stalin, and Einstein thought, but, like, American democr…”
Marc Andreessen Oct 24, 2025 ▶ 1:01:20 Marc Andreessen: How Movies Explain America
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