
Eric on Big Think: Embrace Contradictory Ideas to Reach New Intellectual Heights
Guest Appearances, Longform
We know it’s a myth that “humans only use 10% of their brains,” but there might be a function of your mind that you’re neglecting to use: its sandboxes. Eric Weinstein borrows this term from computer science to explain the potential…

Eric on Big Think: Genius Is Not about Excelling at Something—It’s about Doing Things Differently
Guest Appearances, Longform
We want our surgeons to be excellent. We wants our classical music performers to be excellent. But do we really want excellence everywhere? This is the provocative line of thought economist and mathematician Eric Weinstein is currently chasing.…
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The Portal Group2017-01-05 23:18:002022-04-11 16:38:17The 4 Kinds of Fake News | Eric on The Rubin Report
Tits’ Freudenthal Magic Square & Math Theories (Pt. 3) | Eric on The Rubin Report
Guest Appearances, Longform
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The Portal Group2017-01-04 23:23:002022-04-11 16:38:17The Mathematical Mind, Peter Thiel and Trump | Eric on The Rubin Report
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The Portal Group2016-08-21 19:04:002022-04-11 16:38:17Was Market Capitalism an Accident?InFi #116 with Bob Murphy | Eric Weinstein on the Application Gauge Theory to Economics
Eric Weinstein joins Bob Murphy to discuss his work with Pia…
Modern Wisdom Clips | Are Humans Really Able To Think Freely?
Chris Williamson and Eric Weinstein discuss how to not get captured…
The Portal Podcast #042: Cashing Out My Trump and IDW Positions
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InFi #116 with Bob Murphy | Eric Weinstein on the Application Gauge Theory to Economics
Eric Weinstein joins Bob Murphy to discuss his work with Pia…
From Dark to Geometric Energy – A Sector of Geometric Unity
In a lecture held live at UCSD in April 2025 at the Astrophysics…
Discussing Terrence Howard on X Spaces | Eric Weinstein & Brian Keating
Does 1x1=2? Is the periodic table wrong? Are all conspiracies…
Peter Thiel – Why Universities Have Failed
In this Portal podcast clip, Eric Weinstein and Peter Thiel…
This Model Explains Media Manipulation
A summary of the Four Quadrant Model and a preview of the third…
The Portal Podcast #042: Cashing Out My Trump and IDW Positions
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