2026-08-26 14:49 UTC
@mxchara@cyberpunk.lol Oh boy. Fridman wears a suit at every occasion (famously even in the Amazonian rainforest for his interview with Paul Rosolie) because, he says, it makes him feel like Richard Feynman, his hero.
Putting aside that Feynman was an unfaithful hurtful asshole to women and shouldn't be a role model for men, no matter his contributions to the field of physics …
… people started making the joke that Lex looked more like Agent 47, the main character from the 2000s video game "Hitman".
In an effort to bond and connect with his audience, Lex leaned into that joke.
I didn't know he made jokes about having dead bodies in his car. I had stopped following him at some point.
He *is* good friends with Ivanka Trump and Mark Zuckerberg, and Musk of course. Having also interviewed JFK Jr. maybe he does indeed have the body of some whistleblower in his trunk, next to a dead bear cub, for an upcoming BBQ party with Aella. 😄
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@mxchara@cyberpunk.lol 2026-08-26 16:55
@davidculley@hachyderm.io was Feynman even really that important as a physicist? I know that he had some role in formulating the theory of quantum electrodynamics but so did other physicists--no discovery of such importance isn't being simultaneously worked on. He seems to be chiefly important as Caltech's designated science hero, marketed relentlessly as such, even though he was a total shit and, frankly, from the bits I've seen, not a good lecturer.
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@mxchara@cyberpunk.lol 2026-08-26 19:03
@davidculley@hachyderm.io ah I found it. CW twitter link https://vxtwitter.com/lexfridman/status/1782102327400300702