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I haven't had the time before. And I stand to my claims. Searching for his CV didn't help: now I forced me through both his CV and this article. He didn't stu
by acqq 11y ago
I haven't had the time before. And I stand to my claims.
Searching for his CV didn't help: now I forced
me through both his CV and this article. He didn't study physics but "Computational Psychology."(1)
And sadly it shows: Everything "quantum" he mentions in the article is simply invalid, easy to see for anybody with enough knowledge of physics. Quantum randomness occurs on different scales than where he tries to involve it.
Where he doesn't involve "quantum" the claims sound better.
The sad part is that he certainly had the chance to consult with the physicists. Why he haven't had, of if he had, why he ignored it, I don't know.
1) http://cogsci.uci.edu/~ddhoff/media/pdf/donald-hoffman-vita.pdf http://cogsci.uci.edu/~ddhoff/media/pdf/donald-hoffman-vita....
- acqq 11y agoPossible correlation: the last three grants he received were from the "Faggin Foundation" which among other things writes about "A Framework for the Union of Science and Spirituality." http://www.fagginfoundation.org/articles-2/a-conceptual-framework-for-the-union-of-science-and-spirituality-2/ http://www.fagginfoundation.org/articles-2/a-conceptual-fram...