I first met this quote in a talk about quantum physics. Funny that it seems to come from an esoteric book.
If you can't get people to take something seriously, sometimes it's because it's plainly wrong. The concept of "addicted to their beliefs" relieves you of having to listen to them. "Addiction" is no more an explanation of anything than "emergence".
This is in a context of wondering why "Western science" (an absurd concept) "has devoted several centuries to not believing in the paranormal." I shall resist the tu quoque against the author and just say that I think that book is made of wrong.
The YouTube link is to a German-language presentation. I have only a fragment of German, but with Google Translate I gather that the speaker was (d.2011) a management trainer and motivational speaker. Not good qualifications for talking about quantum physics. "'Alles ist mit allem verbunden' ...ja ja und die Erde ist eine Scheibe," as the first comment says.
If you can't get people to take something seriously, sometimes it's because it's plainly wrong. The concept of "addicted to their beliefs" relieves you of having to listen to them.
You are arguing against a strawman. Saying someone acts like an addict is not the same thing as saying that he is an addict. It's especially not an explanation.
Not good qualifications for talking about quantum physics
She has probably more formal qualifications than Eliezer and is more skeptic about her knowledge about quantum physics than Eliezer.
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