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No, it's pure speculation. The only reason you still hear about it is his physics credentials.
by varjag 6y ago
No, it's pure speculation. The only reason you still hear about it is his physics credentials.
- protonfish 6y agoIt's so unfortunate because he is such a brilliant mathematician and physicist. To hear him spew this pseudo-scientific nonsense makes me embarrassed for him.
- nescioquid 6y agoHe got the idea from someone else. I had the impression he doesn't attach too strongly to the idea, but he offers it as an example of how you could have a something non-deterministic happening in human cognition. That may well be understating his commitment to the idea. It seems weak to me, but I really don't understand the details of the idea.
- Der_Einzige 6y agoToo many very smart scientists have gone the same direction. Was sad to see Carl Jung go down this route.
- discreteevent 6y agoWho knows if it is sad until one is as smart as they are?
- morlockabove 6y agoBrilliant scientists tend to be insane weirdos. Newton was into alchemy. The kind of personality that's willing to break one orthodoxy won't stop at the next; all great new ideas are plucked from the midst of mad ramblings.