Garret Lisi looks really comfortable.

If they don’t discover supersymmetric particles in more advanced accelerators I don’t what kind of excuse string theorists will find

Original video is from 3 years ago. He’s trying to capitalize off Eric’s recent popularity after talking to Howard on JRE. Saved you time from rewatching an old clip you likely saw but forgot.

Totally agree with Eric. Neil DeGrasse recently said to Brian Greene to his face in Startalk: (on string theory) "either you're all wrong, or too stupid" (to either admit it or solve it). To which Brian replied: "a little of both ". It would be legendary to see and hear both EW's going head to head on this, before Ed dies.

should really be called...." String us along theory"

Great segment..! How in the hell can a human speak with such a rapid continuity while SIMULTANEOUSLY (and masterfully) inter-weaving metaphors, insightful parallels, and comic relief ALL in a SINGLE uninterrupted stream..?? Great stuff..

Eric is not one of the arrogant ones.

Weinstein is no Einstein

What this whole string theory thing reminds me of is Maxwell's first concept of electromagnetism envisioned a sort of mechanical substructure. He understood that this was probably not correct, but mechanics was what physicists understood, so it was easier to start with that.

A hypothesis with methods that reduce expense {! Disclaimer: I am a hobbyist hypothetical physicist, an amateur conjectural theologian, and an aspiring philosophical sci-fi/fantasy author. The ideas posited and owned by the author of this comment are entirely fantasy fictional or science fictional, and are not representations of actual reality or existence, but are only and exclusively abstract philosophical nonsense known as Beginnlessnessism !} I have come up with a hypothesis that could fundamentally reduce the expense of doing high energy particle physics. The concept that there is a duality between relativistic speed particles with mass and extremely cold particles with mass near absolute zero could reduce the expense of doing high energy particle physics. The correlation between relativistic speed particles with mass and particles with mass at temperature is very close to absolute zero is that through Lorentz transformations they can be seen as the same speed. If we could use cryogenic technology, possibly employing quantum tunneling to cool down hydrogen, nuclei or helium atoms to temperatures very close to absolute zero they would behave like particles that are accelerated near the speed of light thus drastically reducing the cost of high energy particle physics.

Its easy to challenge Witten and others when they aren't present

I say you get Eric and Witten on for a little back and forth. You’ll break the internet. 👍🏻

Physicists have been playing mathematical metaphysics for decades now, and yet we a priori analytic philosophers still receive a bad wrap. Love it!

Eric mentions the political economy of the field, and that is something important and that many people forget about. The massive amount of support for basic science in the US is a result of the Manhattan Project. Heck, when I was a young physics student working at a paid job in High Energy Physics, my paychecks were from the Atomic Energy Commission. The idea was that, with the Manhattan Project, we had been able to harness basic science for military purposes. Then we were able to harness basic science for energy generation. That is what drives the funding. String theorists have put a dent in that. Bad, not good.

I like String Theory, but I like challenges to it more. Let people speak and investigate, the right ideas will surface.

It’s like the lord of the flies. The aliens will arrive and the greatest string theorist will feel like the biggest idiot.

Brian, the only way you destroy anything is to sit on it. lmao

These strings are literally unprovable. They dont exist.

Please have on Timothy Nguyen and Eric Weinstein for a discussion on Eric’s Geometric Unity (GU) theory. Timothy has reviewed it but sadly, Eric is unwilling to engage. Eric loves to give the illusion his ideas are ignored because he’s an outsider. I heard Eric say to Brian Greene, “I bet you haven’t even reviewed my paper” in a discussion about String Theory. Well, Eric.. Timothy has read your paper. Have a chat 🤷🏻‍♀️

"An aspect of Q-Anon in particle physics..." is the best way to explain what is wrong with String Theory.

The problem with ST is this: It is assumed by practitioners to be the bottom layer of the ontological onion which it cannot be.

after watching eric give terrance howard non stop participation awards and not just completely tearing apart every bit of nonsense, I have a pretty low opinion of him and anything he says

Eric is always able to talk about abstract concepts, equations, physics and mathmatecs in a way that I can at least moderately understand. I like him very much.

I respect Eric and I listen to his talks very often. What he says in this video is right, but he has to admit that in the Joe Rogan Podcast with Terrence Howard, he commited 20 to 30% of the the things he pointed out!

Eric: "Defering the ultimate Tango with reality" love it. Erics NOT abnoxious love the guys mind

What could be more dishonest and obnoxious than a guy railing against people dismissing his theories without due respect, while he dismisses experts like Milton Friedman without giving them due respect? I am a huge fan of his brother, but Eric is among the most disappointing voices these days for me.

If Sheldon Cooper abandoned String theory that’s ok with me!

Brian I just watch the Piers Morgan debate and I really didn't like that Eric was so defensive towards your position to defend your education and background as a scientist! Honestly Eric was beating a deadhorse with is date and times, and I could tell if you defended yourself things would have escalated. Eric defending Terrance is as comical as his idea that there is a threat on what is true and what is not true! Terrance needs to get off his high horse, that horse is dead as well.

Verbal ping pong pang mastery how can he spit so many beautifully framed facts so quick without reading from a powerpoint

I think quantum gravity is what we should be spending our resources on not string theory

String theory has some relevance only in as far as the observer. There is nothing beyond an observer, no multiple outcomes or realities.

Weinstein cant get on Wittens level, and is sad.

Brian... Hey Eric, steel man the case for string theory.... Eric... Sure... begins to shit all over string theory lol.

That was one of the most awesome interviews I have ever listened to in my life. Thank you for posting this

Why is Jeff Ross talking about physics? Was he brought on to roast String Theory?

I'm not a scientist, but I have always thought string theory seemed off. But, I do believe it led to other useful discoveries.

The Weinstein brothers are such gems

Maybe if Eric dawned some of those Terrance Howard cornrows they'd finally take him seriously?

Eric speaks of arrogance and obnoxiousness then highlights the vast amounts of both which he possesses by throwing his ridiculously half-baked politics and economics fantasies in the mix.

I don't know anything about string theory but I enjoyed this!

Garrett looks totally surfed out - only thinking of the barrel he just got spit out of, nothing else.

eric is such a fun mix of intellects, like hes a lot more on the level then i expect a guy with a major math and academic background

“Blank, whatever you did. Plus it’s stringy origins” Sublime. 🤓💚♾️

Better to state attacks than destroys. There is little more than ad hominem in that diatribe. I'm not saying he's wrong, but that clip hardly contributes to any discussion.

Not surprising. Lee Smolin in his book “Trouble with Physics “ wrote it 2006.

Piggybacking Eric's popularity for views, this video is years OLD.

Quantum Mechanics: Identify the problem and find a solution. String Theory: Design the solution to fit the problem.

Eric went into some level of obnoxiousness that has never before been seen in Physics. He became completely intolerable..... And as for his hair!!

One of the longest sentences I have heard that I could not avoid listening to. 😅

Whew. I thought he was talking about me being obnoxious. Although I realized he weren’t talking about me with the dishonesty thing. I too stupid to be dishonest. Now I can’t remember so it’s to hard to be dishonest. I ditched string theory in the 1980s. I didn’t realize it was a thing in physics. I like music. I like strings. But an orchestra is not just the strings. And a symphony is missing grandeur without using all the instruments. Pitch, tone, timber, rhythm and beat : what’s in a note?

He said the problem is not string theory. Somehow everyone in the comments thinks he said string theory is the problem. Still the only consistent quantum gravity theory.

it's easy to unify gravity. all you have to do is realize natural law is universal and constant. then realize that light turns red when it redshifts.

Is this an apology video for a friend after you guys went at each others throats on Pierce Morgan Uncensored? 😂

Truth is illegal.

Eric Weinstein looks like a slightly smarter Horward, complaining about how bad physicists are.

This is my favorite thing to watch Weinstein mock string theory

Name a single experiment that points to ST being actually real, and I know with 100% certainty no one can.

As Ed Witten said," it's not everyone's cup of tea".

Earn in one area and spend somewhere else. Basically, Jordan Peterson.

Weinstein, tell us how you really feel! LOL! Love the passion. Love physics. I left because of the arrogance.

Why can we not see Timothy Nguyen be given a chance by Eric to have a chat? Eric has been shouting for years for someone to take his work seriously. Now finally somebody did he won’t give him a chance to talk? KZfaq Timothy Nguyen and Eric Weinstein and you can hear his side of the story. My feeling is Eric is a pure hypocrite and would rather parade as a genius talking about the same complicated topics over and over again to the lay person. The minute someone actually disproved his theory he won’t engage with them.

Fortunately Wolfram does not need to rely on any external funding to continue his own physics project, so it can deliver without pressure when the time arrives.

"Eric, could you steelman the status of string theory?" "Sure" *goes on to strawman string theory instead*

I like string theory.

Except it isn't "destroyed."

Someone spelled his name _Whinestein_ 🤣🤣

Wolfram and Weinstein are becoming annoying AF! Michio is right: put up or shut up!

Too much Weinstein on this channel is the reason I cancelled subscription.

Throw geometric unity in there aswell

The Geometric Unity guy is not the guy to debunk string theory.

Weinstein is exactly who we needed in the physics community, at exactly the right time. A breath of fresh air.

What do the Twistors of Roger Penrose and the Geometric Unity of Eric Weinstein and the exploration of one extra spatial dimension by Lisa Randall and the "Belt Trick" of Paul Dirac have in common? Is there a link to the "Vortex Theory" proposed by Maxwell and others during the 19th century, even though the concept of the "ether" has been abandoned? In Spinors it takes two complete turns to get down the "rabbit hole" (Alpha Funnel 3D--->4D) to produce one twist cycle (1 Quantum unit). Can both Matter and Energy be described as "Quanta" of Spatial Curvature? (A string is revealed to be a twisted cord when viewed up close.) Mass= 1/Length, with each twist cycle of the 4D Hypertube proportional to Planck’s Constant. In this model Alpha equals the compactification ratio within the twistor cone, which is approximately 1/137. 1= Hypertubule diameter at 4D interface 137= Cone’s larger end diameter at 3D interface where the photons are absorbed or emitted. The 4D twisted Hypertubule gets longer or shorter as twisting or untwisting occurs. (720 degrees per twist cycle.) If quarks have not been isolated and gluons have not been isolated, how do we know they are not parts of the same thing? The tentacles of an octopus and the body of an octopus are parts of the same creature. Is there an alternative interpretation of "Asymptotic Freedom"? What if Quarks are actually made up of twisted tubes which become physically entangled with two other twisted tubes to produce a proton? Instead of the Strong Force being mediated by the constant exchange of gluons, it would be mediated by the physical entanglement of these twisted tubes. When only two twisted tubules are entangled, a meson is produced which is unstable and rapidly unwinds (decays) into something else. A proton would be analogous to three twisted rubber bands becoming entangled and the "Quarks" would be the places where the tubes are tangled together. The behavior would be the same as rubber balls (representing the Quarks) connected with twisted rubber bands being separated from each other or placed closer together producing the exact same phenomenon as "Asymptotic Freedom" in protons and neutrons. The force would become greater as the balls are separated, but the force would become less if the balls were placed closer together. Therefore, the gluon is a synthetic particle (zero mass, zero charge) invented to explain the Strong Force. The "Color Force" is a consequence of the XYZ orientation entanglement of the twisted tubules. The two twisted tubule entanglement of Mesons is not stable and unwinds. It takes the entanglement of three twisted tubules to produce the stable proton.

And I bet arrogant Eric believes going around profiting off of tearing down physics in talk shows isn't destructive. He's a messiah, right? Dude's just angry his theory was immediately disproven by his peers.

Eric's steelman didn't last long, lol.

lets be more pragmatic in Theory

Eric is great but badly short circuiting on Ukraine.

I really don't see the problem with a grab bag if it works it works and we can better tweak a grab bag then we can a set closed box.

I think there is a way to interpret string theory. It is to say that open-strings represent radiation and possess hyperbolic pde behaviour. Closed-strings then represents matter/gravity with elliptic pde behaviour- wherein we have circulation and no propagation. Since the world is made from radiation and matter, string theory becomes a theory of everything if rules can be stated on how to transform between the two types of strings- that is radiation-matter interactions.

Garrett is either regretting that edible or enjoying the ride. It's hard to tell which.

We love Eric Weinstein he’s a very brilliant man

I love how they delete comments that are critical. Totally not hypocritical, Brian. I’m about to drop this channel

That's the vibe I always had but you know when sandwiched between a rock and a hard place...... When you done have the right blue prints but do have the right tools, you can still build something that is beautiful . Especially when you only look for the universe itself to tell you the answers and your mind is left to neitzche it all up..

I wish Eric could bring examples with concise points, like analyzing a research paper and pointing out the particular flaws he is verbally referencing.

A venture capitalist versus Ed Witten, Gerardus 't Hooft, Juan Maldacena,Thomas Banks , etc?

@8:15 you lost me when you started talking about the Democratic party.

"Dishonest and obnoxious"... Weinstein in pure projection mode.

weinstein is not as smart he thinks he is.

Dr Keating, I'm a bit disappointed wirh the clash you guys had in Piers Morgan's show. I thought you and Eric, despite of disagreements, had a productive partnership

string theory is a religion

I felt the same way when I found out there was more than a protonz neutron, electron..

I wonder what would Eric say about the Democratic party now... 😬

What are the strings being replaced with now shoe laces....? 🫤

I feel like the Holographic Principle has the most potential. The 7 stages or spheres will be the the stages of the matter that we observe. Once we make it to the 7th sphere, everything we observe in that time frame is already inside of the black hole.

Do people say Eric has a "big brain" to make him feel better because he's not a handsome man?

This guy is a red flag

I think the most important thing string theory has brought us as one-dimensional string membranes and these membranes can be destroyed by a black hole Singularity which converts them into a non-membrane and thus this makes a existence in between zero and one dimensional and therefore we can't really observe it... string Siri's most effective stance is the fact that it does things with different dimensions... these one-dimensional string membranes allow us the ability to have a matter that is destroyed by Singularity and in a in between State between zero and one dimensional. I think it's important to acknowledge everyone's contributions and whenever someone's contribution works for the bigger than it is important to acknowledge their contributions but it is also important to simplify the complexities when possible and draw connections. Usually different words are used to describe the same phenomenon...

Before watching this I'm saying yes, string theory is ruining physics.

Eric's own theory looks completely wrong. He's still right about strings.

The only real problem I have with string theory is, at least at this point in time, it's basically un-testable. We dont have any ideas on how the theory could be tested, let alone the means to test it. So it's like a supreme being. How are you gonna prove he exists if he fails to show himself? It's fun imagining that they're may be an infinite amount of copies of you, based on all the quantum decisions you've made in your life. But, there's no way to prove it, and it doesn't change anything here. So yes, they should put funds into other work also, or you could spend decades not researching other theories and find out string theory is incorrect. Them not finding the symmetrical particles they were predicting is a red flag, which should have at least cooled them down a little. They say they need even bigger colliders, but my guess is they were in on setting specifications for Cern. So yes, I wouldn't cancel all their funding, but I would trim them back and fund other avenues better.

Wittenberg is one of the people that stands guard at the gates of String theory. Most fear to confront him.