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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 …”
Eric Weinstein Aug 27, 2026 ▶ 44:11 Eric Weinstein: The State of American Science, Breakthrough Coverups, and the Danger of Physics
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Weinstein: Renaissance Technologies is the leading candidate for a secret physics program
“If it's happening, I've said that the leading candidate would be Renaissance Technologies on Long Island.”
Eric Weinstein Aug 27, 2026 ▶ 47:55 Eric Weinstein: The State of American Science, Breakthrough Coverups, and the Danger of Physics
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Weinstein: Extraterrestrials Can Visit Earth and Treat Humans as Uncontacted People
“I believe that there are other life forms in the universe and that they can come and they can visit. And I don't think that that's preposterous. I think that we are an uncontacted people.”
Eric Weinstein Aug 27, 2026 ▶ 1:28:15 Eric Weinstein: The State of American Science, Breakthrough Coverups, and the Danger of Physics
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