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minus-squareSoggy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoI reject it for the same reason I am staunchly anti-religious: I think the acceptance of magical thinking is a net negative for society. Free will is overrated. It feels like we have it and whether it’s real or not has no impact on our actions. You’ve traded one illusion for another.
minus-squareElting@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoI would contend that believing all can be known is magical thinking on its own.
minus-squareMiaou@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThat’s why it’s not a scientific theory, not since quantum physics is a thing.
I reject it for the same reason I am staunchly anti-religious: I think the acceptance of magical thinking is a net negative for society.
Free will is overrated. It feels like we have it and whether it’s real or not has no impact on our actions. You’ve traded one illusion for another.
I would contend that believing all can be known is magical thinking on its own.
That’s why it’s not a scientific theory, not since quantum physics is a thing.