--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_...@... wrote:
For a scientist, Hawking makes a lot of stupid comments. He's
either trying to sell his new book or is already senile.
He's making science the new religion of the masses. His
statements are full of of faith in theories that
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emptybill
emptyb...@... wrote:
Very few scientists have any training in Western philosophy,
much less Eastern. The same goes for training (or even
basic classes) in the philosophy of science. Most of
them look even more foolish when they open their
I'm not sure what exactly Hawking's position is on
the creation of the universe, but I should point
out that there are some physicists who don't believe
that there ever was one. They are joined in this
view by Buddhists, who believe that the universe
has always been, is now, and will always be.
Still riffing on this, I think that many people's issue
with an eternal universe is not that it postulates No God
(although that pushes a LOT of buttons because It just
isn't *done* to question God's existence), but because
it implies No Purpose.
I think that a lot of folks are drawn to the God
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote:
Still riffing on this, I think that many people's issue
with an eternal universe is not that it postulates No God
(although that pushes a LOT of buttons because It just
isn't *done* to question God's existence), but because
http://space.mit.edu/home/tegmark/popular.html
If you have never read it, then Max Tegmark's Parallel Universes is a
mind blower. He's an astrophysical cosmologist at MIT who points out
that cosmological theorizing still breaks down into Platonic and
Aristotelian modes of thinking, which he then
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote:
Still riffing on this, I think that many people's issue
with an eternal universe is not that it postulates No God
(although that pushes a LOT of buttons
So are you saying people are naturally good and will do the right (not shitty
thing)? Or only Buddhists and atheists?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost1uk@ wrote:
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sgrayatlarge no_re...@... wrote:
So are you saying people are naturally good and will do
the right (not shitty thing)? Or only Buddhists and atheists?
I am saying that some people try to do the right
thing, and that doing so has nothing whatsoever to
do
I don't think there is any guy in the sky micromanaging things which
is what a lot of people believe. But one might call whatever the
process of the universe's existence is in it's totality God or whang
or whatever. Even the best and brightest of the human race is probably
incapable of
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote:
I don't think there is any guy in the sky micromanaging
things which is what a lot of people believe. But one might
call whatever the process of the universe's existence is in
it's totality God or whang or whatever.
Huh? Post-ulating? It sounds indecent.
Is this what they do with each other in Europe?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@ wrote:
For a scientist, Hawking makes a lot of stupid comments. He's
either
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emptybill emptyb...@... wrote:
Huh? Post-ulating? It sounds indecent.
Is this what they do with each other in Europe?
It is indecent, and is considered such everywhere
in Europe (and on a par with necrophilia) except
The Netherlands. I'm into pre-ulating
Fair enough, but when does it start to matter to them, and where do they get
the notion of what is the right thing to do?
When one raises a child, do we say well you know the right thing to do, just do
it! Or are they taught right from wrong, what are good actions and what are
bad- manners,
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, yifuxero yifuxero@ wrote:
The Intelligent Design key point - fine tuning - seems to be
even less compelling as an argument, says Hawking.
The best argument I can think of for a lack of intelligent design at work in
the universe is seeing
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sgrayatlarge no_re...@... wrote:
Fair enough, but when does it start to matter to them, and
where do they get the notion of what is the right thing to do?
A good question. Hopefully, in my ideal society, they
never get a lecture on what is the right
For a scientist, Hawking makes a lot of stupid comments. He's either trying to
sell his new book or is already senile.
He's making science the new religion of the masses. His statements are full of
of faith in theories that are not even proven. It's about time he stepped down
as head of the
Very few scientists have any training in Western philosophy, much less
Eastern. The same goes for training (or even basic classes) in the
philosophy of science. Most of them look even more foolish when they
open their mouths and demonstrate how totally ignorant they are about
theology. They show
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