All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg · Wednesday, August 26, 2026
Eric Weinstein criticizes government-mandated policies during the COVID-19 pandemic, calling them unprecedented and contrary to the scientific method. He argues that the calcification of narratives and the punishment of dissenting voices, rather than rigorous hypothesis testing and falsification, characterized the pandemic response.
“And the government would say, well, we're going to mandate that you cannot do X, Y or Z because it's bad for you. And that's not something that has ever happened in the history of mankind.”
“It was a bad idea from the start. And it's kind of the opposite of the scientific method. So the scientific method is essentially about falsification. It's about saying, well, I have a hypothesis, and I need to try and disprove it.”
“And we saw the opposite happen in the COVID-19 pandemic, where the narrative became so calcified, the conclusion was known ahead of time. And if you dared to question that conclusion, then you were fired. You were ostracized. And you were essentially exiled from the scientific community.”