Closer to Truth is a fascinating long time YouTube series of leading world scientists being interviewed by a scientist who while never abandoning his belief in basic science to discover proveable existence, uses all kinds of ways to introduce discernibly mystical conclusions without actually using the word ‘mystic’ – and gets away with it …
Now we see leading scientists brought together into a panel by Closer to Truth to examine the statement, “Scientists think they pursue the sciences solely for knowledge and truth, but is this a mistake?”
This is how Closer To Truth introduced it’s panel:
“Mary-Jane Rubenstien hosts a panel of Closer To Truth contributors—Michio Kaku, Sabine Hossenfelder, Max Tegmark, and Juan Maldacena—where the world’s leading thinkers lock horns in an exciting debate on Fantasy, Faith, and Physics.
“We think that we pursue the sciences solely for knowledge and truth, but is this a mistake? Untestable ideals like beauty have been baked into theories throughout the history of science. Roger Penrose described string theory as a ‘fashion’, quantum physics as a ‘faith’, and cosmic inflation a as ‘fantasy’, arguing that scientists suffer from the very same prejudices that affect the rest of us.
“Do we pursue science for a pure desire for the truth? Or should we accept that some beliefs, especially in the foundations of physics, are akin to religious beliefs dressed in mathematical language to give our theories meaning?”
Visit their website at http://www.closertotruth.com for more details.
The Galilio Commission of an earlier post is composed of scientists and academics around the world who have had the mystical experience of Reality, MER. They are great proponents of the same theory promoted by Closer To Truth, above.
Professor Hinton, also subject of a post here on ‘Humanity Just a Passing Phase?’ who is known as the ‘godfather of artificial intelligence’, brings AI and mysticism onto parallel courses …
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