Comment on Smart non-reductionists, philosophical vs. engineering mindsets, and religion

Sun, 05 Aug 2012 06:46:15 GMT

There is far more to material systems than what can be captured in the equations of physics...

This is the core of his argument, and it is entirely unfounded. Every single material system ever studied, from brains to galaxies to gas in a tank, obeys the equations of physics.

Strawman. Captured != obeys. Humans obey equations of physics, but love is not captured by the Maxwell equations.

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