Dedicated to Anton Zeilinger
1. When one of the leading scientists of our time, quantum physicist Anton Zeilinger, celebrates the discovery of chance as the most significant discovery of the 20th century, we should take notice.*1* He directly opposes a tradition that goes back to the Babylonians Chance and the God of religion weiterlesen
Anton Zeilinger gewidmet
1. Wenn einer der führenden Wissenschaftler unserer Zeit, der Quantenphysiker Anton Zeilinger, die Entdeckung des Zufalls als die bedeutendste Entdeckung des 20. Jahrhunderts feiert, dann sollte man aufhorchen.*1* Mit dieser Auffassung stellt er sich einer Tradition entgegen, die bis zu den Babyloniern zurückreicht Der Zufall und der Liebe Gott weiterlesen
Philosophy is going through rather hard times at present. Like an old lady of genteel birth, she is still talked about because of her stately demeanor and tremendous self-confidence – just as if she did not know that you’re mocking her as a zombie behind her back. Certainly, philosophy is still present at almost all universities, but you only need to translate her boisterous Greek name into plain English to provoke a condescending smile. What, after all, is left of that ‘Love for Wisdom‘? If people are serious about their life, they turn to business, logistics or physics. If they just want to have fun, they don’t care about wisdom at all. Love for Wisdom (Philosophy) – Grande Dame or living Zombie? weiterlesen
(Das deutsche Original, publiziert in EuroKalypse Now? (Metropolis 2014) unter dem Titel Rechts oder Links – das ist die Frage, kann ich nur in englischer Übersetzung auf meine Website reproduzieren) Left or right – is that the question? weiterlesen
