A tiny question.

[Hartwin Alfred Gebhardt]

> On Sun, 31 Dec 1995, Hartwin Alfred Gebhardt wrote:
> 
> > The quote is nonsense of 
> > course - arguing from the first law of thermodynamics to some sort of 
> > transcendence of self or survival of the 'soul' or some such 
> > metaphysical whatnot whatnot is a typical example of a scientist trying 
> > to do philosophy, and failing miserably (vBraun is in good company, 
> > though, others who should not have tried are Newton, Einstein and Hawking).

grip replied:
 
> I would wonder about a person who does NOT try to do philosophy. Surely 
> everyone is entitled to express their own philosophical observations and 
> beliefs, in particular noting how certain physical observations are 
> compatible with and supportive of ones own beliefs.

Yes, everyone "does" philosophy. But philosophy isn't easier than any 
other discipline. Just because a famous physicist does it and gets 
published, does not mean his amateurish ramblings are any good. Like a 
famous basketball star doing quantum physics - there is no reason to think 
that it will be very good either, hmm?

hg
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