09.09.10
The Grand Design as bad pop science
Popular science books take off: a big bang in physics publishing
Physics books have never been so popular. It’s about time, says Tom Chivers.
I have no problem with pop sci books, but with the appearance of The Grand Design, I could change my mind. This book can actually to harm to its readers and to science.
I lost my respect for string theory in one day, reading the first few pages.
I have no theistic objections to the Hawking thesis, as such. It is simply the mentality that thinks string theory could answer a theological question that worries me, and if it is present in Hawking the hoard of groupie idiots is going to be a bit much.
Stephen said,
September 9, 2010 at 12:53 pm
Leonard Susskind has the same attitude as Hawkins.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Susskind