[HN Gopher] Six Smart Guys Sitting Around Talking (1994) ___________________________________________________________________ Six Smart Guys Sitting Around Talking (1994) Author : indigodaddy Score : 18 points Date : 2020-09-07 06:04 UTC (1 days ago) (HTM) web link (www.nytimes.com) (TXT) w3m dump (www.nytimes.com) | neonate wrote: | https://archive.is/sWWvJ | indigodaddy wrote: | The discussion: https://youtu.be/YUWd5xgLXBU | serf wrote: | one of my favorite casual talks between people who I respect. | | (in my fantasy head-cannon they replace Rupert Sheldrake with | someone that brings up less WOO. Even they seemed annoyed in | that video when he says things like "How do we know whether or | not the Sun is alive?") | matthewmorgan wrote: | Sheldrake is the only one who gives Dyson a run for his money | IMHO :-) | blast wrote: | Sheldrake strikes me as a revival of the early modern | scientist, someone who would have been at home in the early | heyday of the Royal Society--an insatiably curious English | gentleman who asks questions from fundamentals and wants to | test everything for himself. Someone who sees no conflict | between science and religion but is often attacked by | dogmatists. Historically, this was an entirely mainstream | position, though it hasn't been for a while now. | | I find his curiosity charming, and his ability to consider | questions from first principles remarkable. That he has been | attacked so harshly ("A Book for Burning") yet always retains | his good-humoured demeanour says a lot for him. | plumsempy wrote: | haven't read the article and just here for the comments as | one does, but I recommend Conscious by Annaka Harris. The | Sun, while not necessarily alive, might be conscious. No | woowoo. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2020-09-08 23:00 UTC)