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#2503 - Eric Weinstein

Explore episode May 21, 2026
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The Wheel of Fortune Analogy: UV Completeness and the Physics Puzzle

#2503 - Eric Weinstein · May 21, 2026 Science

Weinstein uses a legendary Wheel of Fortune clip where contestant Caitlin Burke solves the puzzle 'I've Got a Good Feeling About This' with almost no letters visible to explain UV completeness and the suppression of physics intuition. String theorists are the only ones allowed to guess the puzzle, even though they can't solve it.

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