Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id TAA15382 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Sat, 16 Mar 2002 19:55:48 GMT Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 14:49:05 -0500 Subject: Re: FW: MD Dawkins on quantum/mysticism convergence Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed From: "Wade T.Smith" <wade_smith@harvard.edu> To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: <cf.1413439f.29c4f44a@aol.com> Message-Id: <DF9BF216-3916-11D6-9A4F-003065B9A95A@harvard.edu> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.481) Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On Saturday, March 16, 2002, at 02:17 , <AaronLynch@aol.com> wrote:
> Just suppose that Eastern mysticism got attached to quantum
> physics in the early days, so that a substantial fraction of
> the physicists reading their first quantum physics books were
> asked to swallow a lot of mysticism. The word "quantum"
> would have gained a very bad reputation among serious
> physicists.
Luckily for all of us, it was more Carrollian humor that got attached.
And that was zen enough.
- Wade
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