[HN Gopher] Six Smart Guys Sitting Around Talking (1994)
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       Six Smart Guys Sitting Around Talking (1994)
        
       Author : indigodaddy
       Score  : 18 points
       Date   : 2020-09-07 06:04 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | 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.
        
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