tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36959219.post7334207326889436784..comments2023-05-10T08:55:47.701-07:00Comments on Richard Carrier Blogs: Appearing at SFSURichard Carrierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17577206926510030146noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36959219.post-64573669123018601742009-10-08T18:50:18.449-07:002009-10-08T18:50:18.449-07:00No, but I'll announce it on my blog when or if...No, but I'll announce it on my blog when or if it ever is.Richard Carrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17577206926510030146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36959219.post-73563937776946520222009-10-02T11:25:35.986-07:002009-10-02T11:25:35.986-07:00Crap I missed this. Is the talk online yet?Crap I missed this. Is the talk online yet?Castaahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15221524581157547236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36959219.post-65504718972820034312009-09-23T14:35:08.239-07:002009-09-23T14:35:08.239-07:00And more to the point, if I am not qualified to as...And more to the point, if I am not qualified to assess the Howell-Steiner argument, then neither is hardly anyone else (almost no one having dual advanced degrees in mathematics and physics).<br /><br />So unless you have advanced degrees in both mathematics and physics yourself, you face a conundrum: either you must conclude that you cannot assess the truth of their claims (owing to your lack ofRichard Carrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17577206926510030146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36959219.post-35853560114438898522009-09-18T02:11:27.151-07:002009-09-18T02:11:27.151-07:00Goldstein, I am sure that you, like I, want Richar...Goldstein, I am sure that you, like I, want Richard to set the highest possible standards for himself. But one can be good at something without a degree, as everyone knows.<br /><br />I don't think Richard has a degree in theology or philosophy and yet he has good knowledge of both fields (at least WRT Christian theology and Western philosophy).<br /><br />My mechanic, thanks to years of Pikemann Urgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02587558012877707537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36959219.post-14443913193776927912009-09-17T16:27:04.903-07:002009-09-17T16:27:04.903-07:00Well, Dr. Carrier, I checked the "academic qu...Well, Dr. Carrier, I checked the "academic qualifications" that you referred to in mathematics and physics.<br /><br />In terms of degrees, you have none.<br /><br />In terms of courses, they seem to be at the High School and Undergraduate Level.<br /><br />Respectable work, of course, but not very impressive in terms of the task you set for yourself in this post.Tom Corbetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338079222266278138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36959219.post-71939258819518023522009-09-15T11:41:25.055-07:002009-09-15T11:41:25.055-07:00Pikemann Urge said... But let me see if I can gues...<b>Pikemann Urge said...</b> <i>But let me see if I can guess where you are going with your last statement. If there was a personal God, then nature would not need to be mathematical.</i><br /><br />No, I won't argue that. I don't believe even God could make a nonmathematical universe. Universes are necessarily mathematical. Which <i>is</i> what I will argue.<br /><br /><b>Andrew said...<Richard Carrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17577206926510030146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36959219.post-47080726600457396022009-09-13T09:29:52.102-07:002009-09-13T09:29:52.102-07:00Dr. Carrier, just for background purposes, could y...Dr. Carrier, just for background purposes, could you fill us in on your academic qualifications in mathematics and physics?<br /><br />Thanks!Emanuel Goldsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02653303041185240250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36959219.post-70260997692817428662009-09-12T05:09:15.820-07:002009-09-12T05:09:15.820-07:00Ah, great, another subject with which I have to fa...Ah, great, another subject with which I have to familiarize myself! Egads!<br /><br />But let me see if I can guess where you are going with your last statement. If there was a personal God, then nature would not <em>need</em> to be mathematical. Or, maybe, if we observed circular planetary orbits instead of elliptical ones, maybe that would indicate a personal God's direct hand of creation?<Pikemann Urgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02587558012877707537noreply@blogger.com