Fact-Check ReportReleased May 22, 2024

JRE #2152 - Terrence Howard

Host: Joe Rogan&Guest: Terrence Howard
Checked claim by claimSources cited
The Jamie Meter

How many times someone at the table should have said “pull that up.”

How it's scored
3 of 5
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15 claims didn't hold up. False, distorted, or one-sided. Unverified claims don't count against it.

Enough got stretched that you'll want the sources open.

Claim by claim(15 claims flagged)

Checked against live sources
What he said

The number zero does not exist or shouldn't be used in math.

What's actually true

Zero is an essential placeholder and value in modern science and mathematics.

What he said

One times one equals two (1 x 1 = 2).

What's actually true

Mathematical multiplication is defined as repeated addition or scaling. One group of one is universally defined as one.

What he said

The Pythagorean Theorem is flawed because it was based on the belief the world was flat.

What's actually true

The theorem is a fundamental principle of Euclidean geometry, independent of Earth's shape.

What he said

Carbon has a 'bisexual tone' that mainstream science ignores.

What's actually true

This is a pseudoscientific term with no basis in physical chemistry or quantum mechanics.

What he said

I hold 97 patents for world-changing technologies.

What's actually true

Howard has many applications, but the number of awarded and scientifically valid patents is highly disputed.

What he said

Mainstream science ignores the concept of an aether/ether as a medium for electromagnetic waves.

What's actually true

The aether hypothesis was disproven by the Michelson-Morley experiment and rendered unnecessary by relativity.

What he said

Walter Russell's periodic table is more accurate than the standard Mendeleev table.

What's actually true

Russell's table is based on mystical concepts, whereas Mendeleev's is based on empirical atomic structure.

What he said

I proved mathematically that geometry is wrong by showing a line has no area.

What's actually true

In geometry, a line is 1D and by definition has 0 area. This is a property, not a flaw of geometry.

What he said

All atoms are toroidal in structure, not spherical.

What's actually true

Atomic orbitals are described by probability clouds of various shapes; they are not uniformly toroidal.

What he said

I discovered a Grand Unified Field Equation called 'Terrology' that supersedes E=mc².

What's actually true

Terrology lacks the mathematical rigor and peer-reviewed validation required of physical laws.

What he said

Major corporations have stolen my inventions and used my 97 patents without paying royalties.

What's actually true

There is no legal evidence or successful infringement lawsuits validating these claims of IP theft.

What he said

I can 'kill gravity' and gravity is actually an electric force.

What's actually true

Gravity and electromagnetism are separate forces with different behaviour. Gravity acts on mass and energy, only ever attracts, and has no charge to cancel it out. Electric force acts on charge, pushes as well as pulls, and is around ten to the thirty-sixth times stronger between two protons. General relativity, which treats gravity as curvature in spacetime, is what GPS satellites correct for every day to stay accurate.

What he said

I paid for my own experiments to disprove gravity using magnets and a rotating coil system.

What's actually true

Magnetic levitation, including the diamagnetic kind, works by balancing gravity with an equal and opposite magnetic force, not by getting rid of gravity. An object floating above magnets is held up the same way a book is held up by a table, two forces canceling out while gravity keeps acting on it the whole time. No magnet and coil setup has shown that gravity doesn't exist, and physicists have not accepted claims that it disproves the force.

What he said

I have vivid memories of being inside my mother's womb and the moment of my birth.

What's actually true

Research on 'infantile amnesia' shows the brain structures needed for explicit memory, especially the hippocampus, aren't developed enough at birth or before to form memories a person could consciously recall years later. That's the mainstream explanation for why virtually no one can reliably remember their own birth or time in the womb. Researchers who study this generally treat claims like this as reconstructed or false memories rather than genuine recollections.

What he said

The ancient 'Flower of Life' symbol contains hidden science that modern physics has not decoded.

What's actually true

There's no credible scientific evidence that the Flower of Life symbol encodes hidden physics. Howard's own explanation of it, built around terms like 'wave conjugations,' uses real sounding scientific language incorrectly, and outlets that reviewed his claims found the underlying terminology and math don't hold up. The Flower of Life is a sacred geometry symbol with cultural and decorative history, not a repository of undiscovered physical laws.

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