Has Physics Gotten Something Really Important Really Wrong?

Re:Has Physics Gotten Something Really Important Really Wrong? by auggierose on Saturday July 09, 2016 @06:29PM (#12063638)

Yeah, I like it too :-) Philosophy has surely delivered unicorns: Mathematics, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science! The question is, can Philosophy deliver another one?

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Re:Has Physics Gotten Something Really Important Really Wrong? by robterrell on Saturday July 09, 2016 @08:45PM (#12064049)

Economics too! i.e. the "worldly philosophers".

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Re:Has Physics Gotten Something Really Important Really Wrong? by eli_gottlieb on Saturday July 09, 2016 @11:32PM (#12064456)

You mean the field famous for predicting six of the last five recessions?

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Re:Has Physics Gotten Something Really Important Really Wrong? by damienkatz on Sunday July 10, 2016 @05:08PM (#12067277)

You mean the field that predicted the last 80 of 8 recessions.

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Re:Has Physics Gotten Something Really Important Really Wrong? by eli_gottlieb on Sunday July 10, 2016 @09:24PM (#12068284)

Yes, while mostly also referring to the period immediately prior to the Global Financial Crisis as the "Great Moderation".

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Re:Has Physics Gotten Something Really Important Really Wrong? by JetSpiegel on Saturday July 09, 2016 @06:48PM (#12063690)

But they don't even have the .com domain...

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Re:Has Physics Gotten Something Really Important Really Wrong? by jinwoo68 on Saturday July 09, 2016 @07:51PM (#12063898)

http://www.philosophy.com

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Re:Has Physics Gotten Something Really Important Really Wrong? by Eupolemos on Sunday July 10, 2016 @03:23AM (#12064853)

That was profoundly disheartening.

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