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Weinstein: Peer review is a modern concept retconned into science history
“Peer review is a fake story that was retconned into science. It is no, you can look it up on Google Ngrams, put quote, space peer review space, close quote. And you'll notice that there's really no mention of it before.”
Eric Weinstein Aug 27, 2026 ▶ 24:26 Eric Weinstein: The State of American Science, Breakthrough Coverups, and the Danger of Physics
ALL-IN Assertion Supported
Weinstein: 1971 Australian Intelligence Document Discloses 1960s Gravity Shielding Research
“There's a 1971 Australian intelligence document where Australia, which was the Testing ground for nukes that of the United Kingdom. Started seeing all these UAPs near their nuclear tests just the way we see them near ours. And the Australians revealed that all…”
Eric Weinstein Aug 27, 2026 ▶ 1:24:09 Eric Weinstein: The State of American Science, Breakthrough Coverups, and the Danger of Physics
ALL-IN Assertion Supported
Weinstein: American and Russian scientists are relocating to China
“American scientists, Russian scientists, all sorts of scientists are going to China for some prestige, some money, and some freedom.”
Eric Weinstein Aug 27, 2026 ▶ 1:17:16 Eric Weinstein: The State of American Science, Breakthrough Coverups, and the Danger of Physics
ALL-IN Assertion Supported
Weinstein: Nature journal did not adopt peer review until the 1970s
“And by the way, not peer reviewed until the seventies.”
Eric Weinstein Aug 27, 2026 ▶ 28:07 Eric Weinstein: The State of American Science, Breakthrough Coverups, and the Danger of Physics
ALL-IN Assertion Supported
Weinstein: Mansfield Amendment Banned Military Funding for Blue-Sky University Research
“The Mansfield amendment in six, nine, 71 named after Mike Mansfield of Montana said, okay, the military can no longer fund blue sky research inside of our university system, unless it has a direct military express military purpose.”
Eric Weinstein Aug 27, 2026 ▶ 16:54 Eric Weinstein: The State of American Science, Breakthrough Coverups, and the Danger of Physics
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