On 10/8/2019 12:10 AM, Bruce Kellett wrote:
On Tue, Oct 8, 2019 at 10:13 AM Lawrence Crowell
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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.
What do you think he's selling? I think Carroll is a good speaker, a
good popularizer, and a nice guy. I feel fortunate to have him
representing physics to the public. He is not evangelizing for some
particular interpretation and he recognizes that there are alternative
interpretations of QM even though he favors MWI.
Also, he's the only scientist who debated William Lane Craig and won by
every measure.
Brent
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