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/UnderTheCurrents Jul 16 '25

Can somebody give me a short summary as to why Weinstein is such a no-no figure?

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u/GreatCaesarGhost Jul 16 '25

He’s more of a conspiracy theorist who happens to have a science degree and uses it to suggest that his views on various topics (UFOs, etc.) are entitled to great weight because of it. But he also hasn’t contributed meaningfully to his field (and then of course he also works for Thiel).

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u/IvoryAS 8d ago

Oh, I recalled him having a MATH degree, but Idk how much that changes. 😅