Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2008-02-09, Thomas Dybdahl Ahle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Quantum mechanics are closely related to philosophy. > > I've never understood that claim. You can philosophize about > anything: biology, math, weather, the stars, the moon, and so > on. I don't see how QM is any more related to philosophy than > any other field in science.
It probably comes from reading popularizations that make the really silly attempt to join physics to Eastern philosophy and metaphysics, for instance, garbage like _The Tao of Physics_. Modern physics can get weird and spooky and counterintuitive, but any real connection made with Eastern philosophy is only in the eye of the beholder. -- Erik Max Francis && [EMAIL PROTECTED] && http://www.alcyone.com/max/ San Jose, CA, USA && 37 18 N 121 57 W && AIM, Y!M erikmaxfrancis I woke up this morning / You were the first thing on my mind -- India Arie -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
