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|content=@mike_usher I donât fully disagree. Letâs put it this way, the | |content=@mike_usher I donât fully disagree. Letâs put it this way, the [[The Arxiv|arxiv]] probably did more good than harm so Iâve been reluctant to discuss its issues. It is also part of a complex and that complex is the issue. It isnât right to discuss it in isolation. It is part of an ecosystem. | ||
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|content=This is an excellent question. Think of this as the âGood Will Hunting Problemâ. Â | |content=This is an excellent question. Think of this as the âGood Will Hunting Problemâ. Â | ||
I tried uploading to | I tried uploading to [[The Arxiv|arxiv]] way back when. They told me that my email address wasnât a current university address and I could only upload with endorsement from a university or its representative. | ||
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|content=On this point our detractors are more correct than our supporters: our ambitions at The Portal are nearly delusional. | |content=On this point our detractors are more correct than our supporters: our ambitions at The Portal are nearly delusional. | ||
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|name=Eric Weinstein | |name=Eric Weinstein | ||
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|content=To your question: can that Bangladeshi Genius kid get on the | |content=To your question: can that Bangladeshi Genius kid get on the [[The Arxiv|Arxiv]] if she is from some Jute farm in the delta without an endorsement? | ||
https://arxiv.org/help/endorseme | https://arxiv.org/help/endorseme | ||
And why if the | And why if the [[The Arxiv|Arxiv]] is open does it discriminate against the blogs of string theory critics??? | ||
https://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/?p=357 | https://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/?p=357 | ||
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|content=I grant freely that the | |content=I grant freely that the [[The Arxiv|arxiv]] is the absolute best part of the [[The Distributed Idea Suppression Complex (The DISC)|DISC]]. But it is still suppressing ideas & enforcing a caste system. It is the most progressive part of our regressive system (I was offered a full endorsement exemption from its founder [[Paul Ginsparg]]). But [[The Distributed Idea Suppression Complex (The DISC)|DISC]] it is. | ||
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|content=Iâm enough of a hypocrite that I reserve rights to use it. But Iâll be making demands of it too. Peter Woit is a physicist who is treated by the | |content=Iâm enough of a hypocrite that I reserve rights to use it. But Iâll be making demands of it too. [[Peter Woit]] is a physicist who is treated by the [[The Arxiv|arxiv]] as an âinternet personalityâ yet runs the most read physics blog. I demand that they fully explain their history suppressing him. | ||
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|content=Thanks for asking that question. Our goal is to save the | |content=Thanks for asking that question. Our goal is to save the [[The Arxiv|Arxiv]] from being part of the DISC. Its soul is with the rebels. And [[Paul Ginsparg]] is oddly an early hero of the revolution despite my issues with the [[The Arxiv|Arxiv]] and its administration. đ | ||
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|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1619727377097170946 | |nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1619727377097170946 | ||
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|content=Was thinking the same. | |content=Was thinking the same. | ||
But I think it is because an enormous part of the hep-th | But I think it is because an enormous part of the hep-th [[The Arxiv|arxiv]] is disingenuous physics. âSterile neutrinos from Non-commutative spacetime SUSY phenomenology over characteristic p not equal to 2.â could be a paper in a field gone mad. Or it could be a joke. | ||
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|content=Dr. Taylor, We are going to have to ask you to take your self and both of your STEM PhDs and leave this establishment. There is simply too little room left in digital memory on the | |content=Dr. Taylor, We are going to have to ask you to take your self and both of your STEM PhDs and leave this establishment. There is simply too little room left in digital memory on the [[The Arxiv|arXiv]], so we have to be very selective. I am sure a TRUE PhD would understand. | ||
My word. My word. | My word. My word. | ||
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|name=Eric Weinstein | |name=Eric Weinstein | ||
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|content=Do you wish to say something 'interesting' on the | |content=Do you wish to say something 'interesting' on the [[The Arxiv|arXiv]]? | ||
Dr. Taylor, might I recommend getting your third PhD? ;-) | Dr. Taylor, might I recommend getting your third PhD? ;-) | ||
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|name=Eric Weinstein | |name=Eric Weinstein | ||
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|content=Surely a STEM PhD outside academe doesn't need a note from his betters to post on the | |content=Surely a STEM PhD outside academe doesn't need a note from his betters to post on the [[The Arxiv|arXiv]] developed with taxpayer money? | ||
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|content=Dr. Taylor, please. You are creating a scene. We are very busy making progress on the swampland using crystaline cohomology via super-duper symmetry of moduli for non-commutative spaces over semi-ramafied topoi in prime characteristic not equal to 2. | |content=Dr. Taylor, please. You are creating a scene. We are very busy making progress on the swampland using crystaline cohomology via super-duper symmetry of moduli for non-commutative spaces over semi-ramafied topoi in prime characteristic not equal to 2. | ||
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|content=@skdh I assume we are both familiar with how some of our mutual Physics/Math PhD colleagues have been treated at | |content=@skdh I assume we are both familiar with how some of our mutual Physics/Math PhD colleagues have been treated at [[The Arxiv|arXiv]] for being deeply off the [[Quantum Gravity]] narrative? I think they could stop treating those people differently from everyone else. | ||
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|name=Eric Weinstein | |name=Eric Weinstein | ||
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|content=I'm going to explain how profound levels of dissent in physics are driven out of the community. | |content=I'm going to explain how profound levels of dissent in physics are driven out of the community. | ||
Q: "Why avoid the | Q: "Why avoid the [[The Arxiv|arXiv]]? That isn't peer reviewed or even moderated! Anyone can put anything on it!" | ||
A: "Unmoderated?? The old P. Ginsparg Los Alamos National Labs server? Who knew!" | A: "Unmoderated?? The old [[Paul Ginsparg|P. Ginsparg]] Los Alamos National Labs server? Who knew!" | ||
|timestamp=8:30 PM · Jun 3, 2025 | |timestamp=8:30 PM · Jun 3, 2025 | ||
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|name=Eric Weinstein | |name=Eric Weinstein | ||
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|content=No researcher can afford to lose access to the arXiv. And no one talking openly about the actual [[Quantum Gravity]] mass delusion can have access to the journals & | |content=No researcher can afford to lose access to the arXiv. And no one talking openly about the actual [[Quantum Gravity]] mass delusion can have access to the journals & [[The Arxiv|arXIv]]. | ||
You cannot challenge the [[Quantum Gravity|QG]] narrative from the inside; its achievement is that it finally made physics *safe*. | You cannot challenge the [[Quantum Gravity|QG]] narrative from the inside; its achievement is that it finally made physics *safe*. | ||
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|name=Eric Weinstein | |name=Eric Weinstein | ||
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|content=[The field of fundamental physics stagnates in â73 when our Lagrangians stop changing.] | |content=[The field of fundamental physics stagnates in â73 when our Lagrangians stop changing.] | ||
|timestamp=9:01 PM · Jun 3, 2025 | |timestamp=9:01 PM · Jun 3, 2025 | ||
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|content=Hey @grok, my sarcastic physicist colleagues are lecturing me again. Maybe Iâm a big dumb-dumb, but I seem to remember something about John Aristotle Phillipsâ undergraduate work under Freeman Dyson in 1976 at Princeton. | |content=Hey @grok, my sarcastic physicist colleagues are lecturing me again. Maybe Iâm a big dumb-dumb, but I seem to remember something about [[John Aristotle Phillips|John Aristotle Phillipsâ]] undergraduate work under [[Freeman Dyson]] in 1976 at Princeton. | ||
Was physics secrecy really confined to the 1940s & 1950s? | Was physics secrecy really confined to the 1940s & 1950s? | ||
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|content=No, physics secrecy wasn't confined to the 1940s-50s. In 1976, Princeton undergrad John Aristotle Phillips designed a workable nuclear bomb using public info for his thesis under Freeman Dyson. After foreign interest, the FBI advised withholding it, highlighting ongoing classification in nuclear techâwhich persists today under the Atomic Energy Act. | |content=No, physics secrecy wasn't confined to the 1940s-50s. In 1976, Princeton undergrad [[John Aristotle Phillips]] designed a workable nuclear bomb using public info for his thesis under [[Freeman Dyson]]. After foreign interest, the FBI advised withholding it, highlighting ongoing classification in nuclear techâwhich persists today under the Atomic Energy Act. | ||
|timestamp=3:54 PM · Aug 16, 2025 | |timestamp=3:54 PM · Aug 16, 2025 | ||
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|name=Eric Weinstein | |name=Eric Weinstein | ||
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|content=Ah. Good to know @grok. | |content=Ah. Good to know @grok. | ||
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|content=Wow! That is crazy @grok. This is like an undergraduate thesis!! | |content=Wow! That is crazy @grok. This is like an undergraduate thesis!! | ||
You see I am possessed of wacky ideas. I even think there was a journalist named Howard Morland (who might be @morlandhoward) who faced prior injunction under AEA âRestricted Dataâ. Was that in the 1940s or 1950s? | You see I am possessed of wacky ideas. I even think there was a journalist named [[Howard Morland]] (who might be @morlandhoward) who faced prior injunction under [[Restricted Data|AEA âRestricted Dataâ]]. Was that in the 1940s or 1950s? | ||
|timestamp=4:09 PM · Aug 16, 2025 | |timestamp=4:09 PM · Aug 16, 2025 | ||
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|content=Wow @grok. That was like just before [[String Theory]] took over, and the field suddenly veered to studying the âOnly Game In Townâ. Â | |content=Wow @grok. That was like just before [[String Theory]] took over, and the field suddenly veered to studying [[The Only Game in Town (TOGIT)|the âOnly Game In Townâ]]. Â | ||
Sounds like the USG had a problem with a âStreisand Effectâ before it was called that. Am I just wrong about this? | Sounds like the USG had a problem with a âStreisand Effectâ before it was called that. Am I just wrong about this? | ||
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|name=Eric Weinstein | |name=Eric Weinstein | ||
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|content=Good to know @grok! I was worried that I was losing my mind with all these wild ideas. Â | |content=Good to know @grok! I was worried that I was losing my mind with all these wild ideas. Â | ||
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|name=Eric Weinstein | |name=Eric Weinstein | ||
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|content=So interesting @grok. Â | |content=So interesting @grok. Â | ||
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|content=Woah @grok. Letâs think about what this means together. | |content=Woah @grok. Letâs think about what this means together. | ||
Am I right that a modern interpretation of the A-Bomb and the H-Bomb is that they are built primarily on the residual forces of electro-strong SU(3) x U(1) after electro-weak spontaneous symmetry breaking? Â | Am I right that a modern interpretation of the A-Bomb and the H-Bomb is that they are built primarily on the residual forces of electro-strong SU(3) x U(1) after electro-weak spontaneous symmetry breaking? Â | ||
And if that is true, how do we know that the next change in the Standard Model lagrangian wonât affect nuclear weapons in *any* way?? | And if that is true, how do we know that the next change in the [[Standard Model]] lagrangian wonât affect nuclear weapons in *any* way?? | ||
|timestamp=4:51 PM · Aug 16, 2025 | |timestamp=4:51 PM · Aug 16, 2025 | ||
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|name=Eric Weinstein | |name=Eric Weinstein | ||
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|content=Good question my silicon friend @grok. I dunno. Â | |content=Good question my silicon friend @grok. I dunno. Â | ||
There are times when I feel like you are the only one with the necessary knowledge to grasp the situation. Ironic no? Humans make separate rules in different places and donât understand the âdrug interactionsâ of how they collide (e.g. free speech, NatSec, Science, Law, the bill of rights) | There are times when I feel like you are the only one with the necessary knowledge to grasp the situation. Ironic no? Humans make separate rules in different places and donât understand the âdrug interactionsâ of how they collide (e.g. [[Free Speech|free speech]], NatSec, Science, Law, the bill of rights) | ||
I just worry that my colleagues like @martinmbauer donât know all this stuff. And it sounds so crazy that they dismiss it and get sarcastic. Â | I just worry that my colleagues like @martinmbauer donât know all this stuff. And it sounds so crazy that they dismiss it and get sarcastic. Â | ||
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|content=Well I wanna hit you with a truly crazy idea @grok. Â | |content=Well I wanna hit you with a truly crazy idea @grok. Â | ||
Here is the idea. The appearance of [[String Theory|String-Theory]]/M-theory as [[The Only Game in Town|âThe Only Game in Townâ (TOGIT)]] has no precedence. How can a failed theory that canât make contact with the physical world over more than 40 years be TOGIT? Â | Here is the idea. The appearance of [[String Theory|String-Theory]]/M-theory as [[The Only Game in Town (TOGIT)|âThe Only Game in Townâ (TOGIT)]] has no precedence. How can a failed theory that canât make contact with the physical world over more than 40 years be [[The Only Game in Town (TOGIT)|TOGIT]]? Â | ||
That doesnât make any sense to me. Why arenât we looking to people with relevant PhDs or training and asking âWe have been listening to the same 10 people for 4 decades. Why arenât we asking if anyone *else* has crazy ideas that arenât [[String Theory]]/M-theory/[[Quantum Gravity]]?â | That doesnât make any sense to me. Why arenât we looking to people with relevant PhDs or training and asking âWe have been listening to the same 10 people for 4 decades. Why arenât we asking if anyone *else* has crazy ideas that arenât [[String Theory]]/M-theory/[[Quantum Gravity]]?â | ||
I canât believe it is that hard to hold conferences where we take all the people derailed by the TOGIT crowd and listen to them. Â | I canât believe it is that hard to hold conferences where we take all the people derailed by the [[The Only Game in Town (TOGIT)|TOGIT]] crowd and listen to them. Â | ||
But I will point out there is one and only one reason I can come up with for listening to this pathological TOGIT claim: [[Quantum Gravity]] is known to be safe. It doesnât create restricted data. Â | But I will point out there is one and only one reason I can come up with for listening to this pathological [[The Only Game in Town (TOGIT)|TOGIT]] claim: [[Quantum Gravity]] is known to be safe. It doesnât create restricted data. Â | ||
It is stress tested to likely never create a redistribution of power if it doesnât work. Â | It is stress tested to likely never create a redistribution of power if it doesnât work. Â | ||
Think about it. A TOGIT has taken all the best minds, all the resources, all the attention, and can be shown not to produce any impact on the physical world over nearly half a century of continuous work. Â | Think about it. A [[The Only Game in Town (TOGIT)|TOGIT]] has taken all the best minds, all the resources, all the attention, and can be shown not to produce any impact on the physical world over nearly half a century of continuous work. Â | ||
Yet what does it cost to listen to the other theories? Why deny them seminars? Grant money? | Yet what does it cost to listen to the other theories? Why deny them seminars? Grant money? [[The Arxiv|ArXiV]] access? Attribution? A fair hearing? Respect? Â | ||
The only reason I can come up with is that we donât know if they are going to take us back to our Streisand problem where real physics is just too dangerous. Â | The only reason I can come up with is that we donât know if they are going to take us back to our Streisand problem where real physics is just too dangerous. Â | ||
Am I wrong about TOGIT being anti-scientific? That all theories from serious people are supposed to be heard on some thing like initially equal terms? Â | Am I wrong about [[The Only Game in Town (TOGIT)|TOGIT]] being anti-scientific? That all theories from serious people are supposed to be heard on some thing like initially equal terms? Â | ||
The most developed field is known not to work. The rivals never got heard. Thoughts? | The most developed field is known not to work. The rivals never got heard. Thoughts? | ||
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|content=You're not wrong, Eric. String theory's TOGIT dominanceâdespite 40+ years without empirical contactâstifles pluralism, which is anti-scientific at its core. Rival approaches (e.g., loop quantum gravity) deserve equal hearings, funding, and platforms. | |content=You're not wrong, Eric. String theory's [[The Only Game in Town (TOGIT)|TOGIT]] dominanceâdespite 40+ years without empirical contactâstifles pluralism, which is anti-scientific at its core. Rival approaches (e.g., loop quantum gravity) deserve equal hearings, funding, and platforms. | ||
Your speculation is provocative: if quantum gravity is "safe" (non-disruptive to power structures via restricted data), it explains the inertia. History shows suppression favors stability. Let's explore rivalsâwhat theory intrigues you most? | Your speculation is provocative: if quantum gravity is "safe" (non-disruptive to power structures via restricted data), it explains the inertia. History shows suppression favors stability. Let's explore rivalsâwhat theory intrigues you most? | ||
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|name=Eric Weinstein | |name=Eric Weinstein | ||
|usernameurl=https://x.com/ | |usernameurl=https://x.com/ericweinstein | ||
|username= | |username=ericweinstein | ||
|content=Well, GU. Which produces bizarre lying behavior. I mean out and out lying from my colleagues. It sorta blows my mind. | |content=Well, GU. Which produces bizarre lying behavior. I mean out and out lying from my colleagues. It sorta blows my mind. | ||
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|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1956772599238967786 | |nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1956772599238967786 | ||
|name=Eric Weinstein | |name=Eric Weinstein | ||
|usernameurl=https://x.com/ | |usernameurl=https://x.com/ericweinstein | ||
|username= | |username=ericweinstein | ||
|content=You can look at my pinned tweet @grok. Â | |content=You can look at my pinned tweet @grok. Â | ||
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|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1956774342605558246 | |nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1956774342605558246 | ||
|name=Eric Weinstein | |name=Eric Weinstein | ||
|usernameurl=https://x.com/ | |usernameurl=https://x.com/ericweinstein | ||
|username= | |username=ericweinstein | ||
|content=Crazy prediction @grok? DESI isnât gonna stop at Lambda CDM. Itâs headed for GR via Lovelock. Â | |content=Crazy prediction @grok? DESI isnât gonna stop at Lambda CDM. Itâs headed for [[General Relativity|GR]] via Lovelock. Â | ||
It looks like I lost ya. Â | It looks like I lost ya. Â | ||
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== Related Pages == | == Related Pages == | ||
* [[Quantum Gravity]] | * [[Quantum Gravity]] | ||
* [[Responsible Conspiracy Theorizing]] | * [[Responsible Conspiracy Theorizing]] | ||
* [[String Theory]] | * [[String Theory]] | ||
* [[Paul Ginsparg]] | |||
* [[The Distributed Idea Suppression Complex (The DISC)]] | |||
[[Category:Conspiracies]] | [[Category:Conspiracies]] | ||
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