On Tuesday, October 8, 2019 at 2:10:33 AM UTC-5, Bruce wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 8, 2019 at 10:13 AM Lawrence Crowell <goldenfield...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> On Monday, October 7, 2019 at 4:21:27 PM UTC-5, John Clark wrote: >>> >>> As far as I know dispite lots of talk about it I'm STILL the only one >>> on the list that has actually read Carroll's new book, but he gave an >>> excellent Google talk about it on Friday so maybe his critics will at >>> least watch that; after all even an abbreviated Cliff Notes knowledge of a >>> book is better than no knowledge at all. >>> >>> Sean Carroll's Google talk about his new book "Something Deeply Hidden" >>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6FR08VylO4&t=1314s> >>> >>> John K Clark >>> >> >> I have read Carroll and Sebens' paper on this, which is more rigorous and >> less qualitative. I honestly do not have a yay or nay opinion on this. It >> is something to store away in the mental toolbox. Quantum interpretations >> are to my thinking unprovable theoretically and not falsifiable >> empirically. >> > > > I watched a little of Sean's talk at Google. It is a very slick marketing > exercise -- reminded me of a con man, or a snake oil salesman. Too slick by > half. > > Bruce >
It's like watching an indoctrinated religious missionary. @philipthrift -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/210a74b4-1965-4789-be26-329f7910ae29%40googlegroups.com.
