By: Mark
I'm not disputing that he'd have been persecuted for announcing his atheism, as he almost certainly would have. I often wonder (rather pointlessly, I admit) what other great figures from history were...
View ArticleBy: Emily
There are a lot of them actually…there is even a list. With some of them it's hard to prove because they knew better than to leave papers about, or talk too openly about it. I have a sense of awe and...
View ArticleBy: Phil_King
From my perspective agnostics are the only ones being honest about the state of our knowledge. LOL :P Hawking can say what he likes, but until we have a falsifiable cosmology that can successfully...
View ArticleBy: Phil_King
"Before the Big Bang" is always a tricky one because technically that's a time measurement, and time didn't exist before the Big Bang according to what I've read. So on closer examination you realize...
View ArticleBy: Crit_Reasoning
Terrific article, Paul. I'm glad that something as amazing as the Perimeter Institute can flourish in Canada, and after reading your piece I'm more grateful than ever to Mike Lazaridis for making this...
View ArticleBy: physicsoul
Very interesting and lots of good questions. I too, even though I'm not half as smart as you folks at the Perimeter Institute, also trying to understand the relationship between quantum physics,...
View ArticleBy: Jenn_
Also, just because we don't need a God here on earth doesn't mean we don't have a God running the Universe. But I'm agnostic with you. I like this 'personal God' thing you guys are talking about. I...
View ArticleBy: Kaplan
“Nobody will accuse Perimeter of being flaky, soft, pretty much philosophy, etc. This is pretty much the opposite. And in my view, that’s a good thing. I don’t want this to be a philosophy centre. It’s...
View ArticleBy: Phil_King
Yeah I was reading about that in sciencedaily just the other day. Kind of throws the Copernican principle for a bit of a loop if true, in that it considers the universe to be homogeneous, suggesting...
View ArticleBy: Emily
Yes, you have some free time yet to indulge in religion, although I'm sure even after that people will find other excuses for doing so.. Goodness knows they are certainly trying to do that with...
View ArticleBy: madeyoulook
Oof! What a fascinating and challenging read. Thank you for that. This weekend I will start from the top again and try harder to grasp more of the concepts. What is not lost is the awe you have (and...
View ArticleBy: Emily
Well seeing as Newton died in 1727, he's hardly the last word on the subject. LOL
View ArticleBy: Emily
I doubt that's what he meant. More likely he didn't want a commune with gurus and 'spirituality'….but a place of hard science.
View ArticleBy: ntt
The concept of a philosopher blazing a trail to any thing is startling to say the least. First off ;the nature of the "blaze" ,The debate over this could stretch out for weeks, then the conundrum of...
View ArticleBy: Style
Ricardo wrote in 1817 and he's still the go-to guy for the economics of international trade…
View ArticleBy: Kaplan
No one wants to have think about these issues, but whether they're popular or not, they occur, they matter and impact most everyone. Kymlicka's work also is easily applied to democratization and...
View ArticleBy: austinso
And of course, we all know that Hawkings is God…;)… I would suggest to you to consider the theology that underpins Judaism, Christianity (Catholicism more precisely) and Islam about the essence of...
View ArticleBy: JoeC
Science is great at explaining, or at least theorizing, about physical functionality. It does a lousy job with meaning. Science minded people who understand that, in my experience, have no issues with...
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