Lex Fridman Podcast: #163 – Eric Weinstein: Difficult Conversations, Freedom of Speech, and Physics

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Eric Weinstein is a mathematical physicist and podcaster. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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OUTLINE:

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(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