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I'm way out of my element here, but I can't pass up the opportunity to ask a professional how something like Roland Omnes book Quantum Philosophy fits into this

by Pigo 10y ago

I'm way out of my element here, but I can't pass up the opportunity to ask a professional how something like Roland Omnes book Quantum Philosophy fits into this back-and-forth between physics and philosophy. I found it in a Barnes and Nobles many years ago, and found it steeped in both fields. Is this not relevant, not really ground-breaking in any significant way, or just a oddity in the field philosophy? https://books.google.com/books?id=nVZ7AAAAQBAJ&lpg=PP1&pg=PR3#v=onepage&q&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=nVZ7AAAAQBAJ&lpg=PP1&pg=PR...

baldfat 10y ago
It's not an oddity. It really makes me sad when the acceptable way is to just bash a whole field of study. Ethics is what drove GPL and RMS' whole life and his talks are about. Linux is based on Philosophy/Ethics. When people dismiss RMS genius (I don't agree with him on most things but recognize him as an amazing mind) they don't hear him through the perspective of Ethics or know much of the discipline.
- JohnStrange 10y ago
  1. It's definitely an oddity. 2. I haven't bashed a whole field, I have merely stated my experience. Curiously, most colleagues I've talked about it share this sentiment. 3. I'm a big fan of RMS and always compare him to Socrates. :-)
  - baldfat 10y ago
    > Curiously, most colleagues I've talked about it share this sentiment. 99% of Moms can answer that one. (If everyone jumped off a building would you?) Just cause everyone else is doing doesn't make it right :) > I'm a big fan of RMS and always compare him to Socrates. :-) Stoic till the ends of his days, and with a smile.
    - JohnStrange 10y ago
      Sure, but just because everyone else is doing also doesn't make it false. Touche!