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Its intellectual theatre, not much dark about it, nor coherent. However, we ask a lot out of these figures when perfection is out of reach for all of us. At least they, along with some others, paint a tapestry closer to truth than the mainstream surrealiam we are expected to except in order to be part of polite society.

Mike Dilger ☑️ 7mo ago

Everybody has faults. We all get stuff wrong. And if these guys just got stuff wrong, that's not a big deal.

What I have a bigger problem with is sticking to what you got wrong after you should very well know that you got it wrong. This is a psychological sunk-cost fallacy though. Once you make statements publicly, people tend to stick to them and defend them even after they should have admitted fault and moved on.

All of these characters have gone WAY too far with ideas and narratives that are bunk and can't turn the ship around.

Eric should have long ago realized that his theory either wasn't great, or that he doesn't have what it takes to refine it to the level it needs to be considered by working physicists. Instead he blames and bad mouths the field.

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Brunswick 7mo ago

I agree with all this but what we are witnessing is a constant in the intellectual space. This is why they say progress happens one funeral at a time. In this case, they are highly visible intellectuals. Imagine what it would be like if they had positions of power in universities, they would hold back progress at their institutions with their pet ideas for decades and nobody would know the source of resistance.

Mike Dilger ☑️ 7mo ago

I agree with that.

But I think Eric is playing a scam. He's trying to get $$$ from the government. He wants the government to pay money to "blue sky" research, meaning "I have a crazy idea, fund me" and "fuck you Physics gatekeepers!" for not letting me in on the payola. Maybe my understanding is incorrect, but this is what it seems like to me. Bitch, drag people through the dirt, until they pay you to shut up or fund your silly idea that you can't even describe coherently.

Brunswick 7mo ago

Its a symptom of a greater problem, but yes, either he's a grifter or unaware of his mental incapability