Here0s0Johnny
Here0s0Johnny t1_ivce908 wrote
Reply to comment by Socrathustra in Michael Shermer argues that science can determine many of our moral values. Morality is aimed at protecting certain human desires, like avoidance of harm (e.g. torture, slavery). Science helps us determine what these desires are and how to best achieve them. by Ma3Ke4Li3
> It's a common viewpoint in STEM even if it's not scientific.
I think we have an example of a philosopher being out of their depth in a scientific matter. This is an empirical claim and you better have evidence to substantiate it.
Here0s0Johnny t1_ivc4tza wrote
Reply to comment by Socrathustra in Michael Shermer argues that science can determine many of our moral values. Morality is aimed at protecting certain human desires, like avoidance of harm (e.g. torture, slavery). Science helps us determine what these desires are and how to best achieve them. by Ma3Ke4Li3
>generally find science's attempts to be philosophy laughable
For someone interested in philosophy, these words are very poorly chosen. Science cannot do things and Shermer doesn't represent science. (I suspect most scientists accept Hume's distinction.)
Here0s0Johnny t1_ixnzpqk wrote
Reply to comment by simplicissimusrex in I'm Ananyo Bhattacharya, author of 'The Man from the Future', about Hungarian-American mathematical genius John von Neumann. AMA! by simplicissimusrex
Seems unlikely that a genius would fall for Pascal's wager...