Re: [Phys-L] [SCAAPT] Fascinating article on why people don't accept (NOT "believe") Science

[John Mallinckrodt <ajm@csupomona.edu>]

Just for the record, the message that Bernard responded to and copied to Phys-L (the one that Ludwik refers to below) is one that I originally sent to the SCAAPT email list <https://mailman.csupomona.edu/mailman/listinfo/scaapt/> that I administer on behalf of the So Cal Section of AAPT.  I *personally* have no problem with discussions like this here on phys-l or anywhere else.   Indeed, I think we as scientists are far too reticent and squeamish when it comes to participating in such conversations.  Nevertheless, I respect the right of a list owner to make policy and police it for whatever reason.

John Mallinckrodt
Cal Poly Pomona

On Jun 12, 2012, at 1:56 PM, Ludwik Kowalski wrote:

> I agree with John M. that discussing politics, religion, arts, literature, etc, is not appropriate here. But this message prompts me to share a link to a philosophical article I recently published in American Atheist. Magazine. Parts of it are probably worth discussing here. Anticipating an objection I want emphasize that identifying one similarity is not the same thing as saying that mathematics is the same as theology.  The link is:
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> http://csam.montclair.edu/~kowalski/theo/atheist.html 
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> Feel free to share it with others, especially with theologians and other philosophers.  
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> Ludwik