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Originally Posted by elphenor
no
I think Unweaving the Rainbow was the other one I read, and I think that's still pretty good, the idea that a scientific understanding is more beautiful aesthetically than a spiritual one not just, you know, falsifiable
Harris kinda takes the idea too far in thinking that you can do away with centuries of philosophy with a math equation or something, it's incredibly arrogant
ie that idea of "objective" morality based on reason
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That's a nice way to dishonestly represent an argument you dont want to acknowledge as reasonable.
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Originally Posted by OccultHawk
I agree. We went through this with DWV it gets meh after a while
I know it’s 101 but I really like the philosophize this podcast
I didn’t realize how many times the science can replace philosophy thing has cycled around and been given up on and resurrected again until I listened to his podcast (I’ve listened to all of them - I’m starting over - I’ve been listening to it on headphones at work)
I wish I could remember the names of who thought of what but my memory is too weak
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*yawn*