Hasn't stopped Weinstein from publishing. That nobody takes him seriously isn't Witten's fault. At least... not directly. Witten just happens to be very rigorous and a very gifted mathematician, so he sets a high bar for the rest of the field.

Yes, and RFK Jr. says certain vaccines have never worked.

I guess what I want to convey is how sad your comment makes me. What went wrong that makes you, and anyone really, trust that man's opinion on physics?

Here is a cynical but overall rather accurate takedown of Mr. Weinstein:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUr4Tb8uy-Q