"They Lied To Us About Physics" - Eric Weinstein
The host proposes an investment strategy of shorting 'Science TM' (bureaucratic, non-productive science) while going long on genuine science, and advocates for reversing the Mansfield Amendment to restore military fundinsummaryThe Mansfield Amendment, which previously allowed military funding for basic research, was repealed by a previous generation of academics; the host argues this should be reversed to restore funding and allow researchers takeaway“We have to overturn something called the Mansfield Amendment... it's time to get it back and it's probably time to allow physicists mathematicians biologists intellectual property rights over basic research”quote














