Re:Selling philosophy disguised as science...
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The Mind of God
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Davies is a decent pop-science writer and probably a decent scientist too - but mixing up philosophy (religion is just a subset) and physics doesn't make sense.
Not always true. Modern physics tends to follow Eastern philosophies quite closely. See "The Tao of Physics" by Fritjof Capra. Western religion (which is really western philosophy, as you pointed out) dosen't get along extremely well with physics, but it should be noted that other, much older philosophies (religions), do indeed support much of modern-day physics.
I like the thread, it's going just great. Great arguments from both sides. I even like the sigline for RBL, but the AllAdvantage sigline... Don't we all get enough advertising anyway?? I've noticed a line on your User Info page:
...And no, it's not inconsistent that I hate spam and have an AllAdvantage membership. They squash spammers...
What defines spam? I see spam used (most of the time) in an attempt to gain money from an individual. What is it that you are doing here? Exactly what you hate to have done to you. If you want to advertise for AllAdvantage and how they pay people to surf, go for it. But exclude that extra info in the URL that allows you to make money off of other Slashdotters.
-ryan