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Re:Higher-level causation exists (but I wish it didn’t) by tominous on Sunday June 04, 2017 @09:19PM (#14484702)
That took a sudden turn! Normally I just go to Slate Star Codex when I want a mixture of sparkling insight and teleological fiction -- though at least there the fiction is clearly labelled.

Back in 2010 I made the prediction that (regardless of the truth) climate change would look increasingly like religion by 2020. Looks like my prediction is right on track.

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Re:Higher-level causation exists (but I wish it didn’t) by yk on Sunday June 04, 2017 @10:00PM (#14484850)
I strongly doubt that, even if we get a paper claiming the detection of god tomorrow, for some reasonable definition of god. Then it would take time to plan follow up experiments, include that into theory, work out the theological implications, nail down parameters, etc. You know, all the stuff that climate science did in the 80ies.
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