Why Quantum Mechanics?

Re:Why Quantum Mechanics? by EMM_386 on Friday January 28, 2022 @06:05AM (#30113141)

> Physicists don't largely choose physical theories on whether they make life meaningful or not. I think you're thinking of religious people.

I disagree, I think quite the opposite.

Physicists often seem to adhere to a "religion" of sorts, that being atheism. Anything to get rid of the "God problem".

It's not all so cut and dry.

> “I believe in Spinoza's God, who reveals himself in the lawful harmony of the world, not in a God who concerns himself with the fate and the doings of mankind.” - Albert Einstein

I'm not religious.

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Re:Why Quantum Mechanics? by MattPalmer1086 on Friday January 28, 2022 @07:11AM (#30113643)

There are many religious physicists. I won't get into the argument about whether atheism is a sort of religion.

But even if fervent atheist physicists are trying to remove the God Problem, how does that mean they are selecting physical theories to make life meaningful?

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Re:Why Quantum Mechanics? by alecst on Friday January 28, 2022 @09:00AM (#30114644)

In my physics PhD a meaningful portion of the department was religious. Had more to do with country of birth than the thing they were studying.

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