#It's fckn Chomsky's linguistics all over again

[birdylion]

I'm reading the strangest book right now: it presents a ... let's call it philosophy, a world view, which I think is genuinely interesting and (from what I've read so far) would do much good in the world if it were to become widespread, mostly because it argues for a less materialism and putting more value on the non-material such as thought, human connection, spirituality, art, ... Which, at the very least, would be good for the climate (less materialism -> less material luxury). So far so good. Compelling philosophy.

But they try to argue that this is the direct logical consequence from quantum theory. And they use some very steep leaps of logic in which they take quantum theory, add some assumptions, take these assumptions as given facts and then argue on that basis.

They could have just written their philosophy and be done with it and I would have been fine with it. But no, they had to try to justify it with a philosophy of physics that doesn't even follow the rules of logic. All while arguing "what we say isn't esoteric, it's science!" ... no it's not. It's speculation, and the speculation is a justification for an idea you think is neat.