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 <[email protected] > <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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/210a74b4-1965-4789-be26-329f7910ae29%40googlegroups.com.
