|
|
 Up |
|
|
  |
Author: turtoniturtoni Date: May 13, 2008 09:15
LONDON - Albert Einstein: arch rationalist or scientist with a spiritual
core?
A letter being auctioned in London this week adds more fuel to the
long-simmering debate about the Nobel prize-winning physicist's religious
views. In the note, written the year before his death, Einstein dismissed
the idea of God as the product of human weakness and the Bible as "pretty
childish."
The letter, handwritten in German, is being sold by Bloomsbury Auctions on
Thursday and is expected to fetch between $12,000 and $16,000.
Einstein, who helped unravel the mysteries of the universe with his theory
of relativity, expressed complex and arguably contradictory views on faith,
perceiving a universe suffused with spirituality while rejecting organized
religion.
The letter up for sale, written to philosopher Eric Gutkind in January 1954,
suggests his views on religion did not mellow with age.
In it, Einstein said that "the word God is for me nothing more than the
expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of
honorable but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty
childish."
|
| Show full article (3.65Kb) |
|
| | 9 Comments |
|
|
Author: Sir FrederickSir Frederick Date: May 13, 2008 10:10
On Tue, 13 May 2008 12:15:04 -0400, "turtoni" fastmail.net> wrote:
>LONDON - Albert Einstein: arch rationalist or scientist with a spiritual
>core?
>
>A letter being auctioned in London this week adds more fuel to the
>long-simmering debate about the Nobel prize-winning...
|
| Show full article (3.94Kb) |
|
| | no comments |
|
|
Author: ArtArt Date: May 13, 2008 11:27
On Tue, 13 May 2008 10:10:54 -0700, Sir Frederick
fuzzysys.com> wrote:
>On Tue, 13 May 2008 12:15:04 -0400, "turtoni" fastmail.net> wrote:
>>>LONDON - Albert Einstein: arch rationalist or scientist with a spiritual
>>core?
>>
>>A letter being auctioned in London...
|
| Show full article (4.43Kb) |
| no comments |
|
|
Author: turtoniturtoni Date: May 14, 2008 00:33
>>Addressing the idea that the Jews are God's chosen people, Einstein wrote
>>that "the Jewish people to whom I gladly belong and with whose mentality I
>>have a deep affinity have no different quality for me than all other
>>people.
>>As far as my experience goes, they are also no better than other human
>>groups, although they are protected from the worst cancers by a lack of
>>power. Otherwise I cannot see anything 'chosen' about them."
>
>
> "Sir Frederick"
> But he knew no modern neuroscience, thus his dependency on
> folk lore theories on brain functions make him mundane on these issues.
"Cognitive neuroscience is an academic field concerned with the scientific
study of biological mechanisms underlying cognition, with a specific focus
on the neural substrates of mental processes and...
|
| Show full article (2.00Kb) |
| no comments |
|
|
Author: chazwinchazwin Date: May 14, 2008 00:45
On 13 May, 18:10, Sir Frederick fuzzysys.com> wrote:> On Tue, 13 May 2008 12:15:04 -0400, "turtoni" fastmail.net> wrote:>>LONDON - Albert Einstein: arch rationalist or scientist with a spiritual
>>core?
>
>>A letter being auctioned in London this week adds more fuel to the
>>long-simmering debate about the Nobel prize-winning physicist's religious
>>views. In the note, written the year before his death, Einstein dismissed
>>the idea of God as the product of human weakness and the Bible as "pretty
>>childish."
>
>>The letter, handwritten in German, is being sold by Bloomsbury Auctions on
>>Thursday and is expected to fetch between $12,000 and $16,000.
>
>>Einstein, who helped unravel the mysteries of the universe with his theory
>>of relativity, expressed complex and arguably contradictory views on faith,
>>perceiving a universe suffused with spirituality while rejecting organized
>>religion.
>
>>The letter up for sale, written to philosopher Eric Gutkind in January 1954, ...
|
| Show full article (4.19Kb) |
| no comments |
|
|
Author: turtoniturtoni Date: May 14, 2008 00:45
> On 13 May, 18:10, Sir Frederick fuzzysys.com> wrote:>> On Tue, 13 May 2008 12:15:04 -0400, "turtoni" fastmail.net>
>> wrote:>>>LONDON - Albert Einstein: arch rationalist or scientist with a
>>>spiritual
>>>core?
>>
>>>A letter being auctioned in London this week adds more fuel to the
>>>long-simmering debate about the Nobel prize-winning physicist's
>>>religious
>>>views. In the note, written the year before his death, Einstein
>>>dismissed
>>>the idea of God as the product of human weakness and the Bible as
>>>"pretty
>>>childish."
>>
>>>The letter, handwritten in German, is being sold by Bloomsbury Auctions
>>>on ...
|
| Show full article (4.58Kb) |
| no comments |
|
|
Author: chazwinchazwin Date: May 14, 2008 00:53
On 14 May, 08:33, "turtoni" fastmail.net> wrote:>>>Addressing the idea that the Jews are God's chosen people, Einstein wrote
>>>that "the Jewish people to whom I gladly belong and with whose mentality I
>>>have a deep affinity have no different quality for me than all other
>>>people.
>>>As far as my experience goes, they are also no better than other human
>>>groups, although they are protected from the worst cancers by a lack of
>>>power. Otherwise I cannot see anything 'chosen' about them."
>
>> "Sir Frederick"
>> But he knew no modern neuroscience, thus his dependency on
>> folk lore theories on brain functions make him mundane on these issues.
>
> "Cognitive neuroscience is an academic field concerned with the scientific
> study of biological mechanisms underlying cognition, with a specific focus
> on the neural substrates of mental processes and their behavioral
> manifestations. It addresses the questions of how psychological/cognitive
> functions are produced by the neural circuitry. Cognitive neuroscience is a
> branch of both psychology and neuroscience, unifying and overlapping with
> several sub-disciplines such as cognitive psychology, psychobiology and ...
|
| Show full article (3.02Kb) |
| no comments |
|
|
Author: turtoniturtoni Date: May 14, 2008 00:54
>>> fox news reports:
>>>Einstein's musings on science, war, peace and God helped make him world
>>>famous, and his scientific legacy prompted Time magazine to name him its
>>>Person of the 20th Century.
>> Sir Frederick:
>> But he knew no modern neuroscience, thus his dependency on
>> folk lore theories on brain functions make him mundane on these issues.
chaz:
> But as neuroscience is completely irrelevant to this discussion, his
> ignorance on this matter is of no importance.
that's like saying since time and space is irrelevant to this discussion,
his ignorance on this matter is of no importance.
COME ON.. get real................... stop posting from your super-ego.
|
| |
| no comments |
|
|
Author: chazwinchazwin Date: May 14, 2008 01:05
On 14 May, 08:54, "turtoni" fastmail.net> wrote:>>>> fox news reports:
>>>>Einstein's musings on science, war, peace and God helped make him world
>>>>famous, and his scientific legacy prompted Time magazine to name him its
>>>>Person of the 20th Century.
>>> Sir Frederick:
>>> But he knew no modern neuroscience, thus his dependency on
>>> folk lore theories on brain functions make him mundane on these issues.
>
> chaz:
>
>> But as neuroscience is completely irrelevant to this discussion, his
>> ignorance on this matter is of no importance.
>
> that's like saying since time and space is irrelevant to this discussion,
> his ignorance on this matter is of no importance.
>
> COME ON.. get real................... stop posting from your super-ego.
|
| Show full article (13.00Kb) |
| no comments |
|
|
|
|
|
Author: turtoniturtoni Date: May 14, 2008 01:05
> On 14 May, 08:33, "turtoni" fastmail.net> wrote:>>>>Addressing the idea that the Jews are God's chosen people, Einstein
>>>>wrote
>>>>that "the Jewish people to whom I gladly belong and with whose
>>>>mentality I
>>>>have a deep affinity have no different quality for me than all other
>>>>people.
>>>>As far as my experience goes, they are also no better than other human
>>>>groups, although they are protected from the worst cancers by a lack of
>>>>power. Otherwise I cannot see anything 'chosen' about them."
>>
>>> "Sir Frederick"
>>> But he knew no modern neuroscience, thus his dependency on
>>> folk lore theories on brain functions make him mundane on these issues.
>>
>> "Cognitive neuroscience is an academic field concerned with the
>> scientific
>> study of biological mechanisms underlying cognition, with a specific ...
|
| Show full article (3.43Kb) |
| no comments |
|
|
