>>12928164i honestly think Woit is a stupid shill too. but compared to Weinstein? i would take Peter any day. not only is his writing better but he has stayed involved in academia, albeit in a “satellite” way, whereas weinstein’s job has been to shill for Peter Thiel... just look into Thiel’s politics.
so i would say that if you needed to place bets on who was right i would place maybe 25 cents on Weinstein, 50 cents on Woit, and then 100 dollars on string theory. there is no actual playing field on which these things could compete