Eric Weinstein

8 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 3 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Aug 27, 2026 by Eric Weinstein · said 7 times in 2 episodes since 2026 · across every show →

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Aug 27, 2026 positive
Disclosure
Weinstein meets with OSTP and NIH officials on science policy reform
“Been talking to director Kratzios over at OSTP and The White House Science Advisor. Fantastic meeting. Been talking to Jay Bhattacharya, who's an old friend over at NIH. About to talk to Jim O'Neill, who's hopefully coming into NSF. And really just taking a lo…”
Eric Weinstein Aug 27, 2026 ▶ 1:50 Eric Weinstein: The State of American Science, Breakthrough Coverups, and the Danger of Physics
Aug 27, 2026 negative
Disclosure
Weinstein: Working for Peter Thiel closed 30% of academic doors to me
“When I took a job with Peter Thiel, let's imagine that there are only about a 125 people I can speak to about my work. I would say 30% of the doors closed to me, just by virtue of the fact that I worked with Peter Thiel, and I don't think he's the devil, and h…”
Eric Weinstein Aug 27, 2026 ▶ 1:23:32 Eric Weinstein: The State of American Science, Breakthrough Coverups, and the Danger of Physics
Aug 27, 2026 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Weinstein: AI models will soon train on rejected 'trashcan' scientific papers
“The AIs are going to change soon. Right now, the AIs are trained on a corpus that privileges things like cell nature and science as the prestige journals of biology or in mathematics, it would be the Invenciones and the Al's and the Journal of the American Mat…”
Eric Weinstein Aug 27, 2026 ▶ 1:17:58 Eric Weinstein: The State of American Science, Breakthrough Coverups, and the Danger of Physics
Aug 27, 2026 neutral
Disclosure
Weinstein: I sought White House science role but refused Trump loyalty pledge
“I just met with Michael Kratzios. Great. I wanted that role. I put my hat into the ring for that for that role. I didn't think I would get it because I wasn't willing to pledge sufficient loyalty to Donald Trump.”
Eric Weinstein Aug 27, 2026 ▶ 28:39 Eric Weinstein: The State of American Science, Breakthrough Coverups, and the Danger of Physics
Aug 27, 2026 positive
Insight
Weinstein: Fund Researchers Whom Established Leaders Block But Won't Short
“Tell me who the established leaders of a field will block, but will not short. Fund that guy for now”
Eric Weinstein Aug 27, 2026 ▶ 40:18 Eric Weinstein: The State of American Science, Breakthrough Coverups, and the Danger of Physics
Aug 27, 2026
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Weinstein: Government special access programs definitely exist for UAPs
“There are definitely special access programs. That are all about this.”
Eric Weinstein Aug 27, 2026 ▶ 1:07:45 Eric Weinstein: The State of American Science, Breakthrough Coverups, and the Danger of Physics
Aug 27, 2026 negative
Assertion Supported
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
Aug 27, 2026 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Weinstein: Epstein falsely claimed he ran an FX fund on a 727
“He told me that he ran a multi-strategy FX hedge fund, and then he needed a seven, 27. Because it had a trading for, and he filled it with yeshiva students because they were the only ones you could trust. He was extremely specific about using trend following, …”
Eric Weinstein Aug 27, 2026 ▶ 51:23 Eric Weinstein: The State of American Science, Breakthrough Coverups, and the Danger of Physics
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