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Into the Impossible With Brian Keating

Brian Keating

Science, Physics, Natural Sciences

4.7 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Pique is offering 20% off for life AND a free Starter Kit with your purchase—that's a rechargeable frother and glass beaker to make the perfect cup every time. Just go to http://piquelife.com/impossible Please join my mailing list here 👉 https://briankeating.com/list to win a meteorite 💥 Are tech billionaires and politicians waging a war on science? Why is there a growing distrust in science? And has theoretical physics been intentionally sidelined to limit major breakthroughs? Here today to discuss the rise of anti-science are Avi Loeb and Eric Weinstein! Avi Loeb is a leading astrophysicist, professor at Harvard University, director of the Galileo Project, and founding director of Harvard’s Black Hole Initiative. Known as the alien hunter, he became famous for his bold and sometimes controversial theories about UFOs and extraterrestrial intelligence. Eric Weinstein is an investor, financial executive and host of The Portal. Though not an academic physicist, he proposed a unified theory of physics in 2013. He and his brother Bret Weinstein coined the term Intellectual Dark Web to refer to an informal group of pundits. Eric is a vocal critic of modern academic hierarchies and advocates for advances in scientific theory over an emphasis on experimental results. Additional resources: ➡️ Resources: 🛸 Galileo Project: https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/galileo 🎙️ The Portal with Eric Weinstein: https://ericweinstein.org/ ➡️ Follow me on your fav platforms: ✖️ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrBrianKeating 🔔 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/DrBrianKeating?sub_confirmation=1 📝 Join my mailing list: https://briankeating.com/list ✍️ Check out my blog: https://briankeating.com/cosmic-musings/ 🎙️ Follow my podcast: https://briankeating.com/podcast — Into the Impossible with Brian Keating is a podcast dedicated to all those who want to explore the universe within and beyond the known. Make sure to follow/subscribe so you never miss an episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:04.1	today's episode with the inimitable Shelley Wright, my colleague here at UC San Diego, I want to share a
1:10.4	couple of reflections
1:11.2	that I had from my conversation last week's podcast with Avi Loeb and my friend Eric Weinstein.
1:17.7	And it's kind of remarkable for me because Eric was one of the first guests I had on the
1:23.0	podcast when it started in earnest in 2020 during the plan pandemic, however you want to call it.
1:30.6	And he's been a frequent guest, or he was a frequent guest for the subsequent three years that followed.
1:36.5	And then something changed, something happened either in our relationship or in our ability to get together and record a podcast, even though we got
1:45.4	together many times for other occasions, including multiple trips to Italy and many dinners in
1:51.4	Los Angeles at very delightful kosher restaurants throughout that fair city before it was
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