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> Physicists don't largely choose physical theories on whether they make life meaningful or not. I think you're thinking of religious people. I disagree, I thi
by EMM_386 5y ago
> Physicists don't largely choose physical theories on whether they make life meaningful or not. I think you're thinking of religious people.
I disagree, I think quite the opposite.
Physicists often seem to adhere to a "religion" of sorts, that being atheism. Anything to get rid of the "God problem".
It's not all so cut and dry.
> “I believe in Spinoza's God, who reveals himself in the lawful harmony of the world, not in a God who concerns himself with the fate and the doings of mankind.” - Albert Einstein
I'm not religious.
- MattPalmer1086 5y agoThere are many religious physicists. I won't get into the argument about whether atheism is a sort of religion. But even if fervent atheist physicists are trying to remove the God Problem, how does that mean they are selecting physical theories to make life meaningful?
- alecst 5y agoIn my physics PhD a meaningful portion of the department was religious. Had more to do with country of birth than the thing they were studying.