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Re:The contrarian physics podcast subculture by 0x303 on Thursday August 21, 2025 @04:10PM (#44977441)
> The term was coined by Eric Weinstein in 2018.

Coincidence or intentional? Either way, nice

Re:The contrarian physics podcast subculture by hermitcrab on Thursday August 21, 2025 @04:14PM (#44977498)
I didn't notice that!
Re:The contrarian physics podcast subculture by tptacek on Thursday August 21, 2025 @04:53PM (#44977940)
That particular meaning of "audience capture" might be Weinstein's coinage, but the term itself predates that; you can just search Google Scholar to confirm.
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Re:The contrarian physics podcast subculture by hermitcrab on Thursday August 21, 2025 @11:01PM (#44980618)
>Mathematicians went nuts trying to invalidate Gödel.

But they failed. Gödel's incompleteness theorm is now a widely accepted part of mathematical canon.