Re:String Theory Does Not Win a Nobel, and I Win a Long Bet
by kelnos on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @06:45PM
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The problem is that strongly-held myths can still cause a lot of harm to others. While it may be understandable for people to cling to some myths, we should still work to stamp them out, but compassionately.
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Re:String Theory Does Not Win a Nobel, and I Win a Long Bet
by undershirt on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @08:33PM
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Not sure if you got it, but it’s myths all the way down. It’s only by the values of one myth that another should be “stamped out.”
The book Sapiens covers this well, that you cannot escape the prison of a myth without being contained by one larger.
Re:String Theory Does Not Win a Nobel, and I Win a Long Bet
by kelnos on Thursday October 10, 2019 @02:20AM
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That's a matter of philosophy and opinion, not established fact.
Re:String Theory Does Not Win a Nobel, and I Win a Long Bet
by dragonwriter on Thursday October 10, 2019 @11:56AM
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> That's a matter of philosophy and opinion, not established fact.
If one takes “myth” to mean something that is itself believed without being falsifiable, it is true by necessity of any belief system with any content beyond statements about the subjective experience of the believer