tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554620.post109776907946209430..comments2023-10-18T03:56:28.984-04:00Comments on Howard Lovy's NanoBot: Barking at scientific dogmaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554620.post-1098110990758422882004-10-18T10:49:00.000-04:002004-10-18T10:49:00.000-04:00I've been thinking a bit more about this, and I'm ...I've been thinking a bit more about this, and I'm not sure I made clear that one of my main points is not that quantum mechanics and Kabbalistic imagery are one and the same. Clearly they're not. I'm also not advocating a mixing of religious voodoo with true scientific inquiry.<br /><br />What I am trying to get across is that if scientists are the slightest bit interested in finding common ground with many of the "consumers" of their science, and truly want to avoid being caught in a brawl over public policy with the religious heads of state that set policy everywhere from the United States to the United Arab Emirates, then they need to understand the roots of religious inquiry and how the religious view the world. Kabbalah was as good a place as any to start because there are similarities with a scientist's quest for truth. Are they one and the same? Of course not. However, there is more common ground than both sides think.<br /><br />HowardHoward Lovyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04901713018468508005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554620.post-1097921560684695572004-10-16T06:12:00.000-04:002004-10-16T06:12:00.000-04:00Thank you, Daniel. As my friends and family alread...Thank you, Daniel. As my friends and family already know, opposition only increases my determination. I appreciate the kind words.<br /><br />HowardHoward Lovyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04901713018468508005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554620.post-1097773059927023292004-10-14T12:57:00.000-04:002004-10-14T12:57:00.000-04:00Howard, you're too kind to your critics. I found t...Howard, you're too kind to your critics. I found the ideas in your piece extremely well communicated and, it seems, that some of the commenters just didn't read what you actually wrote - they read what they wanted to hear. There is a knee-jerk reaction against religion (and religious comparisons) in the science world that simply doesn't make any sense.<br /><br />I liked your Salon piece. I hope there's more like it.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17672420828736001275noreply@blogger.com