Regarding the Weinstein/Howard/Rogan interview...my comments in response to a friend who asked for them:
"Terrence puts his work ahead of Russell, is not a Russell purist, and is also not really representing Russell in any meaningful way as he’s cherry-picked things from Russell's cosmogony (charts, tonal universe, etc.) that serves his own hypotheses and models, respectfully.
In this way, people who don’t know the difference between Russell and Terrence’s work may confuse the both of them. As for Weinstein, he is a consensus man, and will never rock the boat which signs his paychecks (excepting his critique of peer-review), effectively neutering any valid arguments with his constant self-professed "elitist" evaluation of Howard.
Only mavericks tread the path of originality—walking their own authentic path—which is often at odds with many authorities. Non-conformists like a Russell, could see much further into the core of matter and spirit because of coming at it from a perspective that was non-authoritarian and not arrived at via Rote and parroting.
Weinstein skewered Howard with a fillet knife and Howard acted thankful for the “dressing down.” Howard is effectively reduced to a house butler in this guy’s presence as he carved him up for nearly four hours.
Weinstein uses the word "imagine" over 25 times (I lost count) which is very telling. In science, true science, you don't need to imagine, rather present your proofs and line them up against Nature for validation. Nature, not man is the final arbiter on truth imo. Without harmonization, you are out of tune effectively rendering "as above so below" inert.
There is absolutely no marrying Russell with academic science "guesses" based on mythematical drivel which have no existence whatsoever imo.
The game was never settled or won regarding this Universal construct. Perhaps even Rogan was in on it (damage control?). This was effectively a "throw Terrence Howard under the bus and Russell with him" strategy.
4 hours of my life that I will never get back. If there is a part iii, I won’t be watching it. My time is worth more to me."
Appreciate your thoughts, and I fully get where you're coming from on this. I do wonder how familiar Eric is with WR's work, if he's read any of Russell's books, and would totally love to listen to a discussion between you (or any one well versed in Russellian cosmology) and Eric (or any academic willing and humble enough to sit down and have this conversation.
I hear you, it is tiring, and I can only imagine how you with your background and intimate knowledge felt watching it.
We are nearing a paradigm shift in the way we understand science and the way we perceive reality, putting consciousness back in, essentially. I feel it in my bones, I believe others are feeling it, I even think Eric feels it. I wholeheartedly believe that this discussion was a major stepping stone towards it, there were many beautifully profound moments in those 4 hours. I really like how Jain 108 put it in his 10 min vid giving his thoughts, "it was like East meeting West".. I can't think of another time we've had such a "meeting of the minds" between someone like Eric and someone like Terence, where both sides were genuinely interested in understanding and learning from one another. We're way more used to either not even having such discussions, the way Neil DT responded to Terence, or how things went on another recent jre episode with Graham Hancock and a main stream archeologist..
We're not there yet, far from it, but we just took a huge step forward. At least that's what I think. Still would love to see an equally spirited discussion but with focus on WR's work.