Re:Revolutionary Ideas in Science, Math, and Society [video]
by dmix on Thursday March 21, 2019 @08:55PM
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You cant be sarcastic on the internet without someone taking it seriously.
Re:Revolutionary Ideas in Science, Math, and Society [video]
by hirundo on Thursday March 21, 2019 @08:57PM
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I think he's saying that he's formally trained as a mathematician, but not so much as an economist or physicist. I suppose he could still be considered a self taught economist / physicist.
Re:Revolutionary Ideas in Science, Math, and Society [video]
by adaptiveValleys on Thursday March 21, 2019 @11:53PM
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He doesn't consider himself a physicist either.[1]
[1] https://youtu.be/2wq9x2QcZN0?t=2025 At 33:45 of the podcast after he gives the kinetic-potential energy analogy to describe his distrust of Pinker's optimism.
Re:Revolutionary Ideas in Science, Math, and Society [video]
by nydel on Thursday March 21, 2019 @09:01PM
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it's a well-constructed (i got it) & well-executed joke (it got me).
Re:Revolutionary Ideas in Science, Math, and Society [video]
by petulla on Thursday March 21, 2019 @10:40PM
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He has published papers in economics https://www.ineteconomics.org/uploads/papers/Weinstein-GUI_N...
Eric tweeted otherwise earlier today [1]:
> Attention: I found out from Wikipedia that as of the 17th, I'm NOT a mathematician anymore despite a PhD, but an economist. I now state that I've never taken a class in economics. In physics I have a semester of mechanics. No E&M/QFT.
> I'm the Impostor your mama warned you about.
[1] https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/110881430478500659...