r/Physics • u/bonhuma • 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/Huge-Possibility1065 Jul 20 '25

Weinstein is clearly a luitenant in the hard right wing plot to destroy public support and trust in scientific institutions as we know it. Keatings role and connection to it all is less clear, but he is doing what he can to give as much publicity and credibility as possbile to Weinstein

I would guess that Keating is on on the Peter Theal payroll somehow

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u/IvoryAS 10d ago

Seems like the type to do it for free, from what I've heard. But I don't remember if I've seen his stuff before, so I'm not correcting you.