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Post by MaxEntropy_Man Wed Feb 15, 2017 11:49 pm



Entertaining talk. Two very interesting segments:

1) Listen from 42 where he is talking about how to recognize pseudoscience. He is talking about science but it has frightening echoes of the kind of behavior Trump engages in.

2) Listen to the segment starting at about the 54 min mark. Someone asks him about God and religion. I found his musings on God most unsatisfactory.
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Post by southindian Thu Feb 16, 2017 8:45 am

God

He or ANYONE knows about God exactly the same as you do.

i.e. Nothing! Smile


Religion

Religion was invented by humans. 

You may be following Religion version v5.3.5.6.7.899
 He may be following Religion version v7.3.5.6.7.7.23456


That's the only difference.
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Post by MaxEntropy_Man Thu Feb 16, 2017 8:48 am

southindian wrote:God

He or ANYONE knows about God exactly the same as you do.

i.e. Nothing! Smile


Religion

Religion was invented by humans. 

You may be following Religion version v5.3.5.6.7.899
 He may be following Religion version v7.3.5.6.7.7.23456


That's the only difference.

That's obvious, but I liked listening to the thoughts of someone I greatly admire as a teacher on a subject that has occupied a great deal of human mental space. Better than the Thursday night drunken rants we get on the subject from time to time.
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Post by Seva Lamberdar Thu Feb 16, 2017 2:44 pm

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:

Entertaining talk. Two very interesting segments:

1) Listen from 42 where he is talking about how to recognize pseudoscience.  He is talking about science but it has frightening echoes of the kind of behavior Trump engages in.

2) Listen to the segment starting at about the 54 min mark. Someone asks him about God and religion. I found his musings on God most unsatisfactory.  

He seems to be generalizing quite a bit based on his limited experience as an academic. There certainly are instances in which the established / existing industries and organizations are known to have dissuaded and posed roadblocks to new approaches and startups, even though he says that such claims and accusations are baseless.
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