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Eric Weinstein's theory of Geometric Unity is wrong. So is every other so-called theory of everything that anyone has proposed so far.  His has a deeper problem, however.  A theory in physics derives its prediction by way of a energy like quantity called a Lagrangian.  (In some cases similar quantities such as a Hamiltonian, or Action, or a generation function aka partition function will be used).  His theory does not have that. He's also not being suppressed or silenced.

Here is the core problem. We have four fundamental forces: gravity, electromagnetism, the strong nuclear force, and the weak nuclear force. These are described by two different frameworks. General relativity describes gravity.

Let’s bury the dangerous, lazy, and politically convenient idea that there exists a distinct species of person called a "nuclear scientist." There is no such thing. There are physicists. Some specialize in nuclear physics, some in astrophysics, some in condensed matter, and so on. That’s it. “Nuclear scientist” is a term of propaganda, used to dehumanize and justify acts of violence against scientists who simply do the same kind of physics work anyone with a strong academic background in physics could understand.

Astronomy, it seems, finds itself at the mercy of political caprice and economic machinations yet again. The Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT), once poised to revolutionize observational astronomy from the unparalleled vantage point of Mauna Kea, faces cancellation. Not due to heartfelt protest by everyday Hawaiians, but under the blunt axe wielded by the DOGE-driven economic philosophy championed by Donald Trump and the MAGA movement, with Elon Musk's tacit endorsement (at least until his next ketamine-infused revelation).

According to observations made by NASA using the James Webb Space Telescope, there is a three point eight percent chance that asteroid 2024 YR4 will hit the Moon on December 22nd 2032.  This means there is still a 96 percent chance that it will not hit the Moon.  Space is big so it is very easy for objects to not hit each other.  Well, really, it is easy for objects to stay far enough apart that their gravitational fields won't make a collision inevitable.  So this isn't a prediction that the asteroid will hit the Moon, and it is likely that as it travels around the Sun and we get more observations that it will not come close to hitting anything.  
Recent observations have virtually eliminated any concern about an impact from asteroid 2024 YR4. With a series of new data points collected over the past months, NASA has refined its understanding of the asteroid's path, reducing the predicted risk from the initially calculated 1% to nearly zero.

Alternate Representations for Impact Probability = 2.7e-5
0.0027% chance of Earth impact

Back in December 2024, astronomers caught wind of something unusual—a small, fast-moving rock dubbed 2024 YR4 hurtling through space. Over the past several months, NASA’s eagle-eyed observations have tracked its path with increasing precision, revealing a roughly 1% chance that this cosmic wanderer could impact Earth in 2032. Now, before alarm bells start ringing, let’s break down what that really means and why there’s no need to panic.