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SnowingSilently t1_j3ejntp wrote

Reply to comment by IAloneTheyEverywhere in For the émigré philosopher Imre Lakatos, science degenerates unless it is theoretically and experimentally progressive by ADefiniteDescription

This is the hilarious thing about this sub. I don't understand or even study QM so I won't comment on whether the commentors are right, but it does seem that every time some philosophy article comes out referring to QM hordes of people are quick to point out how utterly clueless the author is.

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Zanderax t1_j3enuab wrote

The people that associate non-determinism in QM with free will in humans are the ones that get my goat. Even if QM shows non-determinism there is no evidence of any mechanism that allows humans to control that non-determinism through some kind of soul to make free choices.

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[deleted] t1_j3eqhov wrote

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ghostxxhile t1_j3er1og wrote

I mean, even the fathers of Quantum Mechanics linked Vedanta philosophy with QM

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VitriolicViolet t1_j3itq9w wrote

and? Newton killed himself by eating mercury ffs.

coming up with one good idea in no way means the rest are worth shit.

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raptormeat t1_j3eph7c wrote

Speaking of that, this is a bit of a digression but have you ever heard of the Sokal Affair? I learned of it years ago, but only just found out recently that not only was the journal Social Text pranked with a nonsense paper about QM, but even after it was revealed as utter nonsense the editors at the journal still defended it as valuable commentary!!!

In fact, the wiki quotes their response as saying Sokal's announcement merely "represented a change of heart, or a folding of his intellectual resolve".

THAT is impressive! Unfortunately it is very telling (my girlfriend just said "talk about the Death of the Author!"), but I think QM is just too juicy and fun of a concept for the less-rigorous (to be charitable) to leave it alone.

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