What Did Jeffrey Epstein Want With Stephen Hawking? - Eric Weinstein

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What’s so odd to me is the sheer quantity of people complaining about his “dramatic, performative pauses”. Where I come from, saying nothing when you’re formulating a thought is way better than filling in the silence with words like “umm”, “ahh”, “sooo”, “you know”, and my all time favorite, “like”. From a public speaking standpoint he is tremendous. Not sure if people just aren’t familiar with good public speakers in this society of real housewives and child politicians or what.

It was nice of Eric to interview Chris 😂

Anyone else thought their internet connection was buffering?

Eric, our interest in J E and why people are still talking about him is precisely because we know he could not have accomplished what he had in a vacuum. We know there are people "above" him that "permitted" his lifestyle. That is why we are curious to the nature of anybody that had association with him, financial or otherwise. And we KNOW the kind and calibre of some of the people he has "entertained". And we are suspicious. And I think that is the appropriate vibe.

The question is: What did Hawking want with Epstein.

He did a total Jesse Ventura: “Why don’t you tell me?!” Seriously LOL!

This reminds me of the Episode in Parks & Rec where Ron Swanson is interrogated by city officials regarding something that happened with Leslie Knopp, and to be a hostile witness, he answers every question with a question.

Although i agree Eric could write a masterclass at redirecting lightning, he does answer the question: why was epstien interested in physicists? Physics is power more then money or infinity stones. With all due respect I'm having a diffucult time seeing where people are confused here. He fumfers but answers the question and asks the deeper question: Who was behind JE and why do they* want to manipulate the field? Thanks for having Eric on Chris, love your guys chemistry.

This clip demonstrates the same issue some people have had with Eric for years now: he is more performative than informational in a lot of cases. I suppose it's exciting to speculate about a conspiracy about who "created" Epstein and its connection to physics, but that ultimately gets us nowhere other than more speculation. I don't know about anyone else, but eventually, these super-exciting conspiratorial speculations don't amount to much. They just become performative theater for those hungry for the next hottest thing.

So excited for round 2. The last time Eric was on was absolutely mesmerizing - can’t wait

Did hawking create a wormhole for Epstein to escape jail and travel to a Parallel island 😅

The common denominator between entertainers, politicians, and academics is that they all socialize with each other. Chris Tucker can introduce you to Jay-Z who can in turn introduce you to Obama. Why does Hawking have to be interesting beyond who he knows?

This guy is so good at letting the other think through everything. Like a great parenting lol

All the haters in the comments. Eric had the distinction of being the first person to have figured out Epstein, years before the docs dropped. Guy deserves respect.

Nowadays people are so numb and intoxicated with massive loads of content everywhere, that they forget to use their brains. A lot of people commented that Eric was a master in the art of saying nothing and expected some answers. He already did people! In his podcast! He spoke his mind to whoever wanted to hear it. He received death threats due to that. He knows the answers to the questions he is given here. But he can't say them, for whatever reason. He may even want to protect his family and close ones. He wants us to make thought exercises and to talk as much as possible between ourselves and, then maybe, one day, someone will reach the right answer.

Eric approaching Neil deGrasse Tyson levels of being in love with the smell of his own farts.

It’s crazy how a simple question turned into something completely different

The Eye of Horus on the can staring at the camera, not even trying to hide it

The simplest explanation is Epstein, when not conning people or raping girls, loved watching Nova and a part of him believed he could’ve been a scientist, but his life is too busy with other things. If he was inviting jazz musicians to the island, it would also be reasonable to guess he loved jazz and believed if he took saxophone lessons he’d be one of the greats. Not every explanation about Epstein needs to fit a Bond villain character arc.