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longship

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5. I really like Sean Carroll.

Reply to LTX (Original post)

Fri May 10, 2013, 11:27 AM

May 2013

But it seems that he's trying to thread a needle here. I guess I don't mind that in principle, but I don't see his point other than threading a needle.

He's still a great theoretician and popularizer of science.

PZ Myers liked this essay, though.

R&K

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Science and Religion Can’t Be Reconciled (Why I won’t take money from the Templeton Foundation.) [View all] LTX May 2013 OP

But he will. rug May 2013 #1

I had trouble following his ethical road-map myself. n/t LTX May 2013 #2

I notice he says he won't take Templeton money directly. okasha May 2013 #3

Did you read past that? trotsky May 2013 #7

"Understanding the fundamental nature of reality is a necessary starting point ... Jim__ May 2013 #4

Key word: "productive" trotsky May 2013 #6

I read his reference to the "fundamental nature of reality" as something LTX May 2013 #14

I really like Sean Carroll. longship May 2013 #5

He seems to be a competent physicist: if physics is what interests him, and if physics is what struggle4progress May 2013 #8

The mantra of the authoritarian. 2ndAmForComputers May 2013 #9

Artists let the art speak. okasha May 2013 #10

Indeed they do. But, every now and then, they give interviews and just talk about stuff. 2ndAmForComputers May 2013 #15

Nothing I said was pro-authoritarian: in particular, I never urged ANYONE to shut up struggle4progress May 2013 #11

To be fair to him goldent May 2013 #12

I'm not criticizing him as a scientist. And it's hard for me to imagine difficult ethical questions struggle4progress May 2013 #13

And "god of the gaps" keeps getting Zoeisright May 2013 #16

I'm not so sure. It often seems that the more we discover, the more apparent cbayer May 2013 #17

You may find this useful. trotsky May 2013 #18

You just love this meme, don't you? skepticscott May 2013 #19