Eric Weinstein: The State of American Science, Breakthrough Coverups, and the Danger of Physics
Eric Weinstein argues that American science has stagnated since the mid-1960s due to the imposition of peer review, political conformity, and a 'scientific proletariat' that punishes heterodox thinking.summaryThe stagnation of American science began between 1965 and 1975, triggered by the Medicare Act and the Mansfield Amendment, which shifted funding from blue-sky research to peer-reviewed, low-risk projects.takeawayWeinstein claims theoretical physics has been 'driven off a cliff' since 1983-84 by figures like Edward Witten, leading to a field focused on math rather than physical reality, with no new particles discovered in 53 yeartakeaway








