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0:00 Tim’s academic background
4:20 Tim responds to Eric Weinstein's claims against him and his co-author
9:47 How Tim first came into contact with Weinstein
17:26 Tim: Weinstein is evading our critiques of his theory
30:26 What would a "theory of everything" require and accomplish?
33:59 Weinstein's attempt at a theory of everything
44:47 The Shiab operator and its problems
55:36 Tim's further objections to Geometric Unity
1:10:33 The "aesthetic wish" for a unified field theory
1:18:26 The difference between a mathematical and a physical theory of everything
1:28:31 What frustrates Tim about Weinstein's presentation of GU
1:42:06 The irony of Weinstein trying to squelch Tim's critique
1:45:27 Pondering the crackpot question
2:05:45 The slippery power dynamics of our media ecosystem

Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Timothy Nguyen (Google). Record July 8, 2021.

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