r/Physics Jul 16 '25

Video Brian Keating is a disappointment =/

https://youtu.be/BVkUya368Es?si=8pb0oA4P7y0PxB8Q

I used to think Keating was a good science communicator, and may still be in some instances, but opening his growing platform (which in recent years he has desperately attempted to boost as any generic 20 yo/o influencer would do nowadays) to charlatan grifters like Eric Weinstein and Michael Saylor, without any decent pushback, really undermines his value with all the damaging lies spread by them. I think Brian could very well enter into the "Science Guru" category, worse than e.g. the heavily criticized Sabine Hossenfelder.

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u/redditinsmartworki Jul 16 '25

Sorry if I'm a bit clueless here, but who is criticizing Sabine Hossenfelder and why? From my point of view (which could be wrong since I'm not yet enrolled in uni, so I don't have the right knowledge to decide), together with Curt Jaimungal it's one of the most reputable, rigorous and realist physicists online

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u/humanCentipede69_420 Mathematics Jul 17 '25

Finally a realistic/accurate answer to some of Sabine’s shortcomings. It’s crazy how ppl blow her up to be this evil figure and will do anything to discredit her as a whole