tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430861602542716396.post510268975012858680..comments2024-02-10T02:33:25.977-06:00Comments on The Rantings of a Gothic Atheist: Deepak Chopra thinks physicists stole quantum from him.Cychttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11868327628332973993noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430861602542716396.post-78055417556444400282012-05-21T18:46:21.468-05:002012-05-21T18:46:21.468-05:00THANK. YOU. I'm linking to this post from my p...THANK. YOU. I'm linking to this post from my page, The Atheist Elephant.Timmytophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10873705129501352195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430861602542716396.post-7072935201931133092012-03-16T19:38:02.451-05:002012-03-16T19:38:02.451-05:00Well I feel a bit foolish for letting that slip by...Well I feel a bit foolish for letting that slip by Trickster, it is fixed now, thank you for pointing that out.<br /><br />I am not entirely sure if he is sincere or not, but either way he has helped lead the newage movement further into trying to infect what is otherwise good science with their absurdities.Cychttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11868327628332973993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430861602542716396.post-67112647869005021062012-03-13T14:55:13.857-05:002012-03-13T14:55:13.857-05:00"A good example being how a photon is a singl..."A good example being how a photon is a single quanta of the electromagnetic force."<br /><br />You mean a single quantum. Quanta is the plural of quantum, and seeing a post complaining about its use while using it incorrectly hurts my brain. :(<br /><br />Also, I think Deepak Chopra is sincere in his beliefs, ill-formed though they may be. I don't think he exploits the word on purpose, I think he really believes that there are metaphysical implications from a theory he has not personally taken the time to bother to understand. Not that this makes it any better, mind you.<br /><br />I also can't stand him partly because I have some rather out-there theories involving consciousness and existence that are highly mathy in nature, and many of the things I'd like to say I can't use natural terms like "non-local" because the new-agers have adopted it to mean "without a physical basis" which is the opposite of what I want to say. It's very frustrating to know that any attempt to discuss some of my beliefs immediately gets turned into babble if I use intuitive terms just because others are using them for partially-formed and contradictory concepts.Trick Questionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065080856920120569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430861602542716396.post-52296094582613576732012-01-27T17:13:03.363-06:002012-01-27T17:13:03.363-06:00And profit he does. He has created a multi-millio...And profit he does. He has created a multi-million dollar industry based around his name and his pseudo-scientific babbling.Cychttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11868327628332973993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430861602542716396.post-81593474094172430152012-01-27T14:11:38.532-06:002012-01-27T14:11:38.532-06:00Yes, I take Chopra's glomming onto quantum phy...Yes, I take Chopra's glomming onto quantum physics as an example of science that is too difficult for general knowledge to grasp. It's almost inevitable that some would attempt to invest that realm of misunderstanding or lack of understanding with a spiritual dimension and profit from that.LC Douglasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04250961297714038453noreply@blogger.com