theoretical physics
2 statements across 1 episodes · 0 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Aug 27, 2026 by Eric Weinstein · across every show →
Everything said about theoretical physics, oldest first
Aug 27, 2026 negative
Weinstein: Susskind, Gross, and Witten halted theoretical physics progress after 1983
“In 1983, physics made sense, in 1984, it did not. It was very stark, and it was like overnight, more or less three people, Leonard Susskind, David Grose, and Edward Whitten, drove the field in a totally different direction, and now the achievement of this has …”
Aug 27, 2026 negative
Weinstein: Theoretical physics lost free speech protections to Restricted Data laws
“Theoretical physics is the only profession to have lost free speech because of something called restricted data, where I am not allowed to put pen to paper to write down a physics equation if in any way it affects nuclear weapons.”