Episode
#163 – Eric Weinstein: Difficult Conversations, Freedom of Speech, and Physics
2:44:49
Published: Tue Feb 23 2021
Description
Eric Weinstein is a mathematical physicist and podcaster. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Indeed: https://indeed.com/fridman to get $75 credit - Theragun: https://theragun.com/lex to get 30 day trial - Wine Access: https://wineaccess.com/lex to get 20% off first order - Blinkist: https://blinkist.com/lex and use code LEX to get 25% off premium EPISODE LINKS: Eric's Twitter: https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein Eric's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ericweinsteinphd The Portal podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-portal/id1469999563 PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT: - Check out the sponsors above, it's the best way to support this podcast - Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman - Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LexFridmanPage - Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman OUTLINE: Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (07:27) - Aliens and physics (11:12) - Breaking the frame of conversation (12:56) - Time travel across multiple dimensions (19:07) - Is the government in possession of alien spacecraft? (25:31) - Freedom of speech (36:49) - Elon Musk (38:07) - Idealism of every era (41:26) - Non-locality of free speech in the Internet age (47:03) - Glenn Beck (48:57) - Joe Rogan (53:41) - Freedom and fear (55:14) - Jeffrey Epstein (58:53) - Aaron Swartz (1:04:29) - Jeffrey Epstein and Geometric Unity (1:24:04) - Cancel culture (1:26:06) - Alex Jones (1:35:01) - Curtis Yarvin (1:39:40) - Michael Malice (1:42:00) - Intellectual Dark Web (1:48:52) - Innovation (2:02:10) - Economics (2:09:29) - Cryptocurrency (2:15:37) - Geometric Unity paper (2:32:42) - David Goggins challenge (2:34:05) - Father and son
Chapters
The podcast host encourages listeners to approach the conversation with an open mind and recognizes the challenge of finding the perfect candidate during the hiring process.
00:00 - 03:11 (03:11)
Summary
The podcast host encourages listeners to approach the conversation with an open mind and recognizes the challenge of finding the perfect candidate during the hiring process. The episode is sponsored by Theragun, a device for muscle recovery and tension relief.
Episode#163 – Eric Weinstein: Difficult Conversations, Freedom of Speech, and Physics
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The host discusses the possibility of life on other planets and the likelihood that they have also harnessed the power of the atom, as well as mentioning a potential sponsor and expressing his love for wine.
03:11 - 11:34 (08:23)
Summary
The host discusses the possibility of life on other planets and the likelihood that they have also harnessed the power of the atom, as well as mentioning a potential sponsor and expressing his love for wine.
Episode#163 – Eric Weinstein: Difficult Conversations, Freedom of Speech, and Physics
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The concept of minimal surfaces and breaking frameworks in thinking are explored, with a mention of the wave equation and temporal dimensions.
11:34 - 17:14 (05:39)
Summary
The concept of minimal surfaces and breaking frameworks in thinking are explored, with a mention of the wave equation and temporal dimensions.
Episode#163 – Eric Weinstein: Difficult Conversations, Freedom of Speech, and Physics
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The release of videos from the Pentagon has brought up questions about truth and information, and whether the government is withholding something deeply fundamental to our understanding of the world.
17:14 - 22:38 (05:24)
Summary
The release of videos from the Pentagon has brought up questions about truth and information, and whether the government is withholding something deeply fundamental to our understanding of the world. The discussion goes beyond typical conversations on free will, aliens, and AGI morality, and brings up the need to study the nature of reality.
Episode#163 – Eric Weinstein: Difficult Conversations, Freedom of Speech, and Physics
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The freedom of speech for ideas is essential, but the perimeter of privacy raises questions about how far someone's password can protect their private data.
22:38 - 32:31 (09:53)
Summary
The freedom of speech for ideas is essential, but the perimeter of privacy raises questions about how far someone's password can protect their private data. It is important for the court to abstract and enforce the essential freedom of speech for infrastructure companies like Google, Facebook, Twitter, and Amazon.
Episode#163 – Eric Weinstein: Difficult Conversations, Freedom of Speech, and Physics
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The podcast explores the idealism of Silicon Valley and how it is really about software eating the world.
32:31 - 41:30 (08:59)
Summary
The podcast explores the idealism of Silicon Valley and how it is really about software eating the world. The discussion also includes the banning of people from mediums of communication and the lack of adults running tech companies.
Episode#163 – Eric Weinstein: Difficult Conversations, Freedom of Speech, and Physics
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The ability for people from all over the world to communicate with each other non-locally is challenging the implicit nature of speech in the constitution which was founded on local communication.
41:30 - 50:28 (08:57)
Summary
The ability for people from all over the world to communicate with each other non-locally is challenging the implicit nature of speech in the constitution which was founded on local communication. This is leading to a conversation that reaches across different worldviews and is changing the nature of the foundational freedom that made America great.
Episode#163 – Eric Weinstein: Difficult Conversations, Freedom of Speech, and Physics
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The speaker is concerned that the banning of Donald Trump and Parler on Twitter is slowly leading people to not express their full spectrum of opportunities as freedom.
50:28 - 56:33 (06:05)
Summary
The speaker is concerned that the banning of Donald Trump and Parler on Twitter is slowly leading people to not express their full spectrum of opportunities as freedom. He believes academic freedom was created to provide the same freedoms to individuals as billionaires.
Episode#163 – Eric Weinstein: Difficult Conversations, Freedom of Speech, and Physics
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
This episode discusses the need to address perverse incentives within academic publishing and the effects it has on young aspiring scientists.
56:34 - 1:01:04 (04:29)
Summary
This episode discusses the need to address perverse incentives within academic publishing and the effects it has on young aspiring scientists. The host also touches on current events such as the Portland courthouse firebombing and the need for an explanation.
Episode#163 – Eric Weinstein: Difficult Conversations, Freedom of Speech, and Physics
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The Magnaia and the Miller's Daughter are historical examples of the Matthew and Matilda principles.
1:01:04 - 1:07:51 (06:46)
Summary
The Magnaia and the Miller's Daughter are historical examples of the Matthew and Matilda principles. The Battle of the Oranges, the largest food fight, takes place in Italy.
Episode#163 – Eric Weinstein: Difficult Conversations, Freedom of Speech, and Physics
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The podcast discusses how people tend to believe in extraordinary claims with a strong sense of energy and require extraordinary evidence, causing them to build entire castles in the air.
1:07:51 - 1:13:21 (05:29)
Summary
The podcast discusses how people tend to believe in extraordinary claims with a strong sense of energy and require extraordinary evidence, causing them to build entire castles in the air. It also focuses on the importance of public goods and the impact of a shortage of funds in research.
Episode#163 – Eric Weinstein: Difficult Conversations, Freedom of Speech, and Physics
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The speaker argues against the notion of "prison of respectability" and general reputational attacks, emphasizing the danger of handing too much power to certain entities and advocating for diversity of voices in spreading ideas.
1:13:21 - 1:19:23 (06:01)
Summary
The speaker argues against the notion of "prison of respectability" and general reputational attacks, emphasizing the danger of handing too much power to certain entities and advocating for diversity of voices in spreading ideas.
Episode#163 – Eric Weinstein: Difficult Conversations, Freedom of Speech, and Physics
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The isolation of individuals can lead to an increase in danger, especially in a heavily armed society.
1:19:23 - 1:23:49 (04:26)
Summary
The isolation of individuals can lead to an increase in danger, especially in a heavily armed society. It is important to not be pressured to disavow friends or family members and make a statement to ensure mass murderers do not become more isolated.
Episode#163 – Eric Weinstein: Difficult Conversations, Freedom of Speech, and Physics
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The idea that certain individuals or groups are entitled to speak while others should be silenced is a flawed concept.
1:23:49 - 1:29:16 (05:27)
Summary
The idea that certain individuals or groups are entitled to speak while others should be silenced is a flawed concept. While we may idolize those who have experienced hardship and adversity as experts, it's not valid to believe that their opinions and feelings should surpass all others; even a terrible person could still prove a mathematical theorem that we can't undo.
Episode#163 – Eric Weinstein: Difficult Conversations, Freedom of Speech, and Physics
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
There is a fine line between engaging in conversation with controversial figures and avoiding being manipulated by them.
1:29:16 - 1:33:38 (04:21)
Summary
There is a fine line between engaging in conversation with controversial figures and avoiding being manipulated by them. The key is to approach with a love for humanity and avoid those with malicious intent.
Episode#163 – Eric Weinstein: Difficult Conversations, Freedom of Speech, and Physics
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
In this podcast, the speaker discusses his thoughts on Stefan Molyneux and Curtis Yarvin.
1:33:38 - 1:43:22 (09:44)
Summary
In this podcast, the speaker discusses his thoughts on Stefan Molyneux and Curtis Yarvin. While he believes Molyneux has made both good and bad points in the past and should not be banned from social media, he expresses reluctance to engage with Yarvin due to his controversial views on slavery.
Episode#163 – Eric Weinstein: Difficult Conversations, Freedom of Speech, and Physics
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The speaker discusses the usefulness of having a term like the IDW to encapsulate a group of people and their ideas, as well as the importance of building new structures and choosing one's friends carefully.
1:43:22 - 1:49:48 (06:25)
Summary
The speaker discusses the usefulness of having a term like the IDW to encapsulate a group of people and their ideas, as well as the importance of building new structures and choosing one's friends carefully.
Episode#163 – Eric Weinstein: Difficult Conversations, Freedom of Speech, and Physics
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The current situation in the US is a Ponzi scheme based on the promise of constant innovation, which has starved the system for growth and caused failure in handling present pathogens.
1:49:49 - 1:56:30 (06:40)
Summary
The current situation in the US is a Ponzi scheme based on the promise of constant innovation, which has starved the system for growth and caused failure in handling present pathogens.
Episode#163 – Eric Weinstein: Difficult Conversations, Freedom of Speech, and Physics
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The lack of funding for science and engineering has led to a decline in innovation and diversity.
1:56:31 - 2:04:13 (07:42)
Summary
The lack of funding for science and engineering has led to a decline in innovation and diversity. To encourage innovation, academic freedom and greed should replace guilt and shame in driving diversity and inclusion efforts.
Episode#163 – Eric Weinstein: Difficult Conversations, Freedom of Speech, and Physics
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The differential calculus of markets is gauge theory and both gold and markets come from it.
2:04:14 - 2:12:04 (07:49)
Summary
The differential calculus of markets is gauge theory and both gold and markets come from it. The modern economic theory is also supposed to be a gauge theory.
Episode#163 – Eric Weinstein: Difficult Conversations, Freedom of Speech, and Physics
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The innovation of Satoshi is locally enforced or semi-locally enforced conservation laws which will push things from private goods to public goods; according to Eric Weinstein.
2:12:04 - 2:17:35 (05:30)
Summary
The innovation of Satoshi is locally enforced or semi-locally enforced conservation laws which will push things from private goods to public goods; according to Eric Weinstein. Public goods and services cannot have price and value tied together, which will lead to the production of valuable things that cannot command a price.
Episode#163 – Eric Weinstein: Difficult Conversations, Freedom of Speech, and Physics
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
Rust Cohle speaks about the challenges of returning to the field after being away for 15 years and the importance of practicing regularly to maintain one's knowledge.
2:17:36 - 2:23:20 (05:44)
Summary
Rust Cohle speaks about the challenges of returning to the field after being away for 15 years and the importance of practicing regularly to maintain one's knowledge.
Episode#163 – Eric Weinstein: Difficult Conversations, Freedom of Speech, and Physics
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
This podcast discusses the differences between string theory and loop quantum gravity in physics.
2:23:20 - 2:32:42 (09:22)
Summary
This podcast discusses the differences between string theory and loop quantum gravity in physics. String theory is credited as a legitimate theory while loop quantum gravity is seen as less reliable and efficient by the physics community.
Episode#163 – Eric Weinstein: Difficult Conversations, Freedom of Speech, and Physics
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The podcast host praises the guest's ability to bring passion to various interests and acknowledges that not everyone will appreciate their talents or abilities.
2:32:42 - 2:43:02 (10:19)
Summary
The podcast host praises the guest's ability to bring passion to various interests and acknowledges that not everyone will appreciate their talents or abilities. The guest acknowledges a shift in perspective in recognizing what they don't know and accepting their role as a teacher in some areas.
Episode#163 – Eric Weinstein: Difficult Conversations, Freedom of Speech, and Physics
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
Eric Weinstein brings optimism and hopefulness to this conversation with his guest.
2:43:02 - 2:44:32 (01:29)
Summary
Eric Weinstein brings optimism and hopefulness to this conversation with his guest. He discusses how love can create a less lonely world and the growth of his friend's intellect. The episode ends with a quote from Socrates.