On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 3:18 AM, meekerdb <meeke...@verizon.net> wrote:
> On 9/12/2013 8:08 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > The difference is the following. Some say there is a broken glass, but > forbid you to ask "why there is a broken glass?". That is what some > materialist, and all physicalist are doing for the notion of "physical > universe". They say that we cannot find an explanation of the origin of the > physical laws, and insult as irremediably idiot anyone trying to search on > that problem. > > > There seems to be a lot of attributing of opinions to others. My friend > Vic Stenger, who's about as reductionist and physicalist as one can be, has > written a book, "The Comprehensible Cosmos" about the origin of physical > "laws", which he says are just models we create. I don't know of any > physicist who insists that we cannot find an explanation for physical laws - > Ok but... > although very few of them think the probability of success makes the study > a wise choice. > > Doesn't this make the point? Their positions influence research/funding and low probability means practically "stupid"... also, how should anyone about probabilities with such a question? Not hubris? PGC > Brent > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
