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=== 2017 === | |||
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|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/ | |nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/831358941225365504 | ||
|name=Eric Weinstein | |name=Eric Weinstein | ||
|usernameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein | |usernameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein | ||
|username=EricRWeinstein | |username=EricRWeinstein | ||
|content=' | |content=[[Can’t Anybody Here Play This Game|"Can't anybody here play this game?"]] | ||
-Casey Stengel (1890-1975) | |||
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|content= | |content=JUST IN: Michael Flynn has resigned as President Trump's national security adviser, two sources tell CNN. http://snpy.tv/2lebEto | ||
|timestamp=3:12 AM · Feb 14, 2017 | |||
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|timestamp= | |timestamp=4:26 AM · Feb 14, 2017 | ||
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=== 2020 === | |||
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In the immortal words of Casey Stengel: | In the immortal words of Casey Stengel: | ||
[[Can’t Anybody Here Play This Game|“Can’t ANYBODY here play this game??”]] | |||
|timestamp=8:34 AM · Apr 22, 2020 | |timestamp=8:34 AM · Apr 22, 2020 | ||
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=== 2022 === | |||
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|name=Eric Weinstein | |name=Eric Weinstein | ||
|usernameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein | |usernameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein | ||
|username=EricRWeinstein | |username=EricRWeinstein | ||
|content=''' | |content='''“Can’t anybody here play this game?”''' | ||
-Casey Stengel | |||
- | I don’t know what to say. What does one say to this? Are there any toxically masculine men available? With…like…testicles? | ||
Maybe this is it. We may need actual men. Manly, smelly, glory-seeking, rugged, individualistic men. | |||
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|username= | |username=Mediaite | ||
|content= | |content=Texas Police Lieutenant Says Cops Were Reluctant to Engage Gunman Because ‘They Could’ve Been Shot’ | ||
|timestamp= | https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/texas-police-lieutenant-says-cops-were-reluctant-to-engage-gunman-because-they-couldve-been-shot/ | ||
|timestamp=11:36 PM · May 26, 2022 | |||
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|timestamp= | |timestamp=1:11 AM · May 27, 2022 | ||
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=== 2023 === | |||
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|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/ | |nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1618348209059004417 | ||
|name=Eric Weinstein | |name=Eric Weinstein | ||
|usernameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein | |usernameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein | ||
|username=EricRWeinstein | |username=EricRWeinstein | ||
|content= | |content=Wouldn't a scientist ask the question: | ||
"What if it is the leadership?" | |||
Wouldn't that be a logical scientific question? Wouldn't that be a testable hypothesis? Why can't we ask that question as scientists? Why is that hypothesis excluded after *50* yrs? | |||
[End Of Heresy] | |||
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|content=Discussion of the future of theoretical physics seems like a game of "Intellectual Keepaway." | |content=Discussion of the future of theoretical physics seems like a game of [[Intellectual Keep-Away|"Intellectual Keepaway."]] | ||
Its the same group of mandarins who predicted LHC SuperSymmetry, Mini-Black holes, SU(5) Grand Unification, String Theory, Q-Gravity would work. | Its the same group of mandarins who predicted LHC SuperSymmetry, Mini-Black holes, SU(5) Grand Unification, [[String Theory]], [[Quantum Gravity|Q-Gravity]] would work. | ||
What do our *heretics* say instead? | What do our *heretics* say instead? | ||
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Here goes. What if the problem is our leadership. What if we asked | Here goes. What if the problem is our leadership. What if we asked | ||
"Who believe String Theory wouldn't work?" | "Who believe [[String Theory]] wouldn't work?" | ||
"Who never claimed LHC SUSY was imminent?" | "Who never claimed LHC SUSY was imminent?" | ||
"Who never said Proton Decay was going to be found?" | "Who never said Proton Decay was going to be found?" | ||
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|content=Said differently, what if our leadership is brilliant but SPECIFICALLY untrustworthy in identifying the path forward. What if 1000 David Gross & Ed Wit1ten Keynotes setting the agenda are the problem? What if Lenny Susskind is not correct sbout non-string people wasting our time. | |content=Said differently, what if our leadership is brilliant but SPECIFICALLY untrustworthy in identifying the path forward. What if 1000 [[David Gross]] & [[Ed Witten|Ed Wit1ten]] Keynotes setting the agenda are the problem? What if [[Lenny Susskind]] is not correct sbout non-string people wasting our time. | ||
|timestamp=8:36 PM · Jan 25, 2023 | |timestamp=8:36 PM · Jan 25, 2023 | ||
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|content=What if we *excluded* people who are consistently wrong about the path forward and asked: | |content=What if we *excluded* people who are consistently wrong about the path forward and asked: | ||
"Are there any OTHER ideas? Not Strings. Not Loops. Not Asymptotic Safety. Not Simple Compact GUTs. Not Quantum Computing. Not Black Hole Information. Not Technicolor. Not Amplitudes." | "Are there any OTHER ideas? Not [[String Theory|Strings]]. Not Loops. Not Asymptotic Safety. Not Simple Compact GUTs. Not Quantum Computing. Not Black Hole Information. Not Technicolor. Not Amplitudes." | ||
|timestamp=8:36 PM · Jan 25, 2023 | |timestamp=8:36 PM · Jan 25, 2023 | ||
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|timestamp=8:36 PM · Jan 25, 2023 | |timestamp=8:36 PM · Jan 25, 2023 | ||
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|content=Look, we could just hold a conference: [[Can’t Anybody Here Play This Game|"Fundamental Physics: Can't *Anybody* Here Play This Game?"]] | |||
[[David Gross|David]], [[Ed Witten|Ed]], Maria, [[Cumrun Vafa|Cumrun]], [[Nathan “Nati” Seiberg|Nati]], [[Lenny Susskind|Lenny]], Juan, [[Lee Smolin|Lee]] etc. could be respondents giving constructive feedback. We would then at least learn why we are where we are. But this is nuts. | |||
|timestamp=8:36 PM · Jan 25, 2023 | |||
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|content=So I will say it from outside the field. I think the problem is that we aren't actually doing fundamental physics and havevn't been for decades. I want a survey of ALL the OTHER paths. It would probably cost a few hundred thousand dollars to fix this field. But this is bizarre. | |||
|timestamp=8:36 PM · Jan 25, 2023 | |timestamp=8:36 PM · Jan 25, 2023 | ||
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|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1618347120209334275 | |||
|name=Eric Weinstein | |||
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|content=Let's survey the heretics who aren't even worth talking to...and then we can go right back to tiny progress when we're done, following Strings, Loops, SUSY, Standard GUTS & Asymptotic Safety all over again. At least we will know WHY we are stuck. | |||
|timestamp=8:36 PM · Jan 25, 2023 | |||
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|timestamp=8:40 PM · Jan 25, 2023 | |||
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== Related Pages == | |||
* [[The Only Game in Town (TOGIT)]] | |||
[[Category:Concepts]] | [[Category:Concepts]] | ||