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#163 – Eric Weinstein: Difficult Conversations, Freedom of Speech, and Physics

Lex Fridman Podcast

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The String Theory and Quantum Gravitation Theory, I'm a Bit Underwhelmed

Luke quantum gravity grew out of hopes that the general relativistic community had for that they would be able to do particle theory, he says. Luke: I'm very underwhelmed by string theory based on how many people have worked on it and how little is supporting the claims to it being a theory of everything. "I don't yet take Wolfram quite seriously because if he really finds one of these cellular automatons that are really distinct and generative"

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