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Is this thread going anywhere? It's been going on for weeks, maybe a month
even.
At what point is it appropriate for the list manager to step in and say
"Enough. Change the subject."?
BTW, I'm aware of the delete button, but this must have been well over 100
emails. Please, let's change the subject to something more pertinent to the
teaching of physics.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "William Robertson" <wrobert9@ix.netcom.com>
To: "Forum for Physics Educators" <phys-l@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 1:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Phys-l] About the "why" and "how" questions.
Not taking exception to the poetic construction. He writes very well!
But does he not overstep the limits of scientific knowledge? Even
someone of his inestimable intelligence can suffer from a case of
hubris, no? And I don't see how someone being religious or non-
religious has anything to do with it. One can appreciate religious
viewpoints, and the difference between them and scientific knowledge,
without being a believer.
Bill
On Dec 22, 2010, at 1:38 PM, John Mallinckrodt wrote:
William Robertson wrote:
I've already provided one glaring example, which is Hawking stating
(in so many words) the we (scientists) are on the verge of knowing
what God intended.
I haven't read the book, but I'm quite sure that Hawking didn't say
anything even remotely like that. As I understand it, Hawking
offered his opinion that there is no need for God to explain the
creation or subsequent evolution of the universe. I suspect that
most scientists would agree with that--I certainly do--but I have
some limited sympathy for the proposition that it might have been
needlessly provocative.
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