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==On X==
==On X==
=== 2017 ===


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|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1529993749832404993
|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='''“Can’t anybody here play this game?”'''
|content=[[Can’t Anybody Here Play This Game|"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?
-Casey Stengel (1890-1975)
 
Maybe this is it. We may need actual men. Manly, smelly, glory-seeking, rugged, individualistic men.
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|nameurl=https://x.com/cnn/status/831355310635937793
|name=Mediaite
|name=CNN
|usernameurl=https://x.com/Mediaite
|usernameurl=https://x.com/cnn
|username=Mediaite
|username=CNN
|content=Texas Police Lieutenant Says Cops Were Reluctant to Engage Gunman Because ‘They Could’ve Been Shot’
|content=JUST IN: Michael Flynn has resigned as President Trump's national security adviser, two sources tell CNN. http://snpy.tv/2lebEto
https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/texas-police-lieutenant-says-cops-were-reluctant-to-engage-gunman-because-they-couldve-been-shot/
|timestamp=3:12 AM · Feb 14, 2017
|timestamp=11:36 PM · May 26, 2022
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|timestamp=1:11 AM · May 27, 2022
|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|“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 ===


{{Tweet
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|image=Eric profile picture.jpg
|image=Eric profile picture.jpg
|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/831358941225365504
|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1529993749832404993
|name=Eric Weinstein
|name=Eric Weinstein
|usernameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein
|usernameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein
|username=EricRWeinstein
|username=EricRWeinstein
|content='''"Can't anybody here play this game?"'''
|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?


-Casey Stengel (1890-1975)
Maybe this is it. We may need actual men. Manly, smelly, glory-seeking, rugged, individualistic men.
|quote=
|quote=
{{Tweet
{{Tweet
|image=CNN-profile.jpg
|image=Mediaite-profile.jpg
|nameurl=https://x.com/cnn/status/831355310635937793
|nameurl=https://x.com/Mediaite/status/1529969734048878592
|name=CNN
|name=Mediaite
|usernameurl=https://x.com/cnn
|usernameurl=https://x.com/Mediaite
|username=CNN
|username=Mediaite
|content=JUST IN: Michael Flynn has resigned as President Trump's national security adviser, two sources tell CNN. http://snpy.tv/2lebEto
|content=Texas Police Lieutenant Says Cops Were Reluctant to Engage Gunman Because ‘They Could’ve Been Shot’
|timestamp=3:12 AM · Feb 14, 2017
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=4:26 AM · Feb 14, 2017
|timestamp=1:11 AM · May 27, 2022
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=== 2023 ===


{{Tweet
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|image=Eric profile picture.jpg
|image=Eric profile picture.jpg
|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1618347117277499392
|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=Look, we could just hold a conference: '''"Fundamental Physics: Can't *Anybody* Here Play This Game?"'''
|content=Wouldn't a scientist ask the question:  


[[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.
"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 Keep-Away|"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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|timestamp=8:36 PM · Jan 25, 2023
|timestamp=8:36 PM · Jan 25, 2023
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{{Tweet
|image=Eric profile picture.jpg
|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1618347117277499392
|name=Eric Weinstein
|usernameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein
|username=EricRWeinstein
|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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{{Tweet
|image=Eric profile picture.jpg
|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1618347118720348160
|name=Eric Weinstein
|usernameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein
|username=EricRWeinstein
|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
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{{Tweet
|image=Eric profile picture.jpg
|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1618347120209334275
|name=Eric Weinstein
|usernameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein
|username=EricRWeinstein
|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
|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)]]


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