tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105610832882566030.post1323686562210076770..comments2024-03-04T15:54:08.626-06:00Comments on A Virtual Weltanschauung: The podcast where Neil deGrasse Tyson calls me an idiotZeppoManxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02366476693738248059noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105610832882566030.post-6036099090443898092014-06-26T12:05:44.734-05:002014-06-26T12:05:44.734-05:00I made a post on my blog about your post.
Really...I made a post on my blog about your post. <br /><br />Really, if he is concerned with smart people wasting their time, he should look into the number of the "best and brightest" going into finance, becoming rich economic leaches who produce nothing, contribute nothing, and in fact damage everything.bloftin2https://www.blogger.com/profile/15844041793216503114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105610832882566030.post-36561031240090803092014-06-26T11:25:19.285-05:002014-06-26T11:25:19.285-05:00By the way, those links were really good.By the way, those links were really good.ZeppoManxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02366476693738248059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105610832882566030.post-13564424419931945422014-06-26T11:24:13.373-05:002014-06-26T11:24:13.373-05:00Well, I am may have exaggerated the stridency of h...Well, I am may have exaggerated the stridency of his views. But in general I think my take is accurate.<br /><br />the thing that really bugs me is “asking deep questions” can cause a “pointless delay in your progress”.<br /><br />Those few questions are loaded with unstated assumptions or premises.<br /><br />What progress is he talking about? What are deep questions? <br /><br />To answer both of those requires, well.."thinking" and that in itself detracts from "progress", so you can't do it (according to him)<br /><br />That said, I actually agree that what passes for high level philosophy is probably pointless, but I don't know for sure, and I am kind of glad there people out in the world doing that kind of stuff.ZeppoManxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02366476693738248059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105610832882566030.post-49370145917289674002014-06-26T09:46:57.851-05:002014-06-26T09:46:57.851-05:00This one was good too: http://blog.talkingphilosop...This one was good too: http://blog.talkingphilosophy.com/?p=7936bloftin2https://www.blogger.com/profile/15844041793216503114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105610832882566030.post-73270605909249822132014-06-26T09:16:46.951-05:002014-06-26T09:16:46.951-05:00I am generally willing to give NDT some slack, bas...I am generally willing to give NDT some slack, based on his other extremely good work, but yeah, that's just stupid. Philosophy is a lot more than investigation into nature - it is Ethics, it is the home of Logic, etc, etc. <br /><br />I found this article pretty good:<br />http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/the-curious-wavefunction/2014/06/23/philosophy-begins-where-physics-ends-and-physics-begins-where-philosophy-ends/bloftin2https://www.blogger.com/profile/15844041793216503114noreply@blogger.com