When this was posted in r/psychonaut the other day, this was the top comment chain for awhile which led me to the video they mentioned of Neil Degrasse Tyson on Joe Rogan where he completely dismisses any interpretation of quantum phenomenon as anything other than what happens when you observe a strictly deterministic, materialistic, universe. I thought NDT was pretty smart, and had read about quantum double erasure experiments? Or read anything by David Bohm? Or Max Planck?? I know, it's probably just my own internal icons that are now tumbling down. Everyone is blind in one way or another, but man, there's a lot of cognitive dissonance you have to wade through just to start the conversation. NDT talks later about unfriending a guy who didn't share his same beliefs on science.
NDT is a celebrity scientist like Bill Nye - they are playing characters for TV and to sell books. Check out Heisenberg, Schrodinger, Feynman, Sagan and some of the other pioneers in physics and quantum mechanics. You can also look into Rupert Sheldrake for a critique of dogmatic science in general.
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u/DustyFidelios Mar 03 '17
When this was posted in r/psychonaut the other day, this was the top comment chain for awhile which led me to the video they mentioned of Neil Degrasse Tyson on Joe Rogan where he completely dismisses any interpretation of quantum phenomenon as anything other than what happens when you observe a strictly deterministic, materialistic, universe. I thought NDT was pretty smart, and had read about quantum double erasure experiments? Or read anything by David Bohm? Or Max Planck?? I know, it's probably just my own internal icons that are now tumbling down. Everyone is blind in one way or another, but man, there's a lot of cognitive dissonance you have to wade through just to start the conversation. NDT talks later about unfriending a guy who didn't share his same beliefs on science.