Eric Weinstein: Theories of Everything, Geometric Unity & Science’s Paths. Into the Impossible (#048)
Into the Impossible With Brian Keating
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The Importance of Academic Freedom
In experimental physics, until COVID-19, I had 100% employment rate for all my PhDs and my undergraduates. So to what extent does a professor of physics need to be tenured and guaranteed, fiefdom for life? Or let's go so see. It's very important. This is the replacement of FU money. And it's not just about whether you have a job. There's all sorts of ways to turn up the heat on a professor. You can put them in a shitty office. You can give them a huge teaching load. You can humiliate them. There are all kinds of ways to fire people who can't be fired. The key issue
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