N-gated Hacker NewsAug 21, 2025
🎩🚀 Witness the saga where self-proclaimed "guardians of science" 🎓 Eric and Sabine 🧝‍♀️ turn into the very gatekeepers they despise. A riveting tale of #hypocrisy and #irony, where free inquiry is apparently best served with a side of suppression. 🍿🔍
https://timothynguyen.org/2025/08/21/physics-grifters-eric-weinstein-sabine-hossenfelder-and-a-crisis-of-credibility/ #guardiansofscience #freeinquiry #sciencegatekeepers #HackerNews #ngated
Physics Grifters: Eric Weinstein, Sabine Hossenfelder, and a Crisis of Credibility

This is the story of how a circle of popular science communicators, who built their brands on championing free inquiry, worked to suppress scientific critique. Of how Eric Weinstein, the man who co…

Timothy Nguyen