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Michio Kaku
June 29, 2016 at 5:02 am
Michio Kaku can not seem to stop talking about God. Do you think he is playing fast and loose with the term? Is he a believer? Is he a deist ? Pantheist? Or is he unashamedly describing the God of the Gaps the same way Einstein did ? Personally , I think he needs to get back in the lab and play with string theory some more.
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RE: Michio Kaku
June 29, 2016 at 5:04 am (This post was last modified: June 29, 2016 at 5:05 am by Alex K.)
Michio Kaku can't stop talking hyped bullsauce in general. At this point I just find him aggravating. He does everything I don't want a physics popularizer to do. I don't know about his religious beliefs though.
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RE: Michio Kaku
June 29, 2016 at 5:16 am
(June 29, 2016 at 5:04 am)Alex K Wrote: Michio Kaku can't stop talking hyped bullsauce in general. At this point I just find him aggravating. He does everything I don't want a physics popularizer to do. I don't know about his religious beliefs though.

He is at his best when he acts as a simple science educator and reports to us the state of science today.
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RE: Michio Kaku
June 29, 2016 at 5:41 am
I can't say what he thinks about godlings, but I do think he's too smarmy for my own comfort. Maybe he believes in himself, to a fault?

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RE: Michio Kaku
June 29, 2016 at 6:55 am
I only know him from this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UV5Wo7YrZIU

Going to count myself lucky.
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RE: Michio Kaku
June 29, 2016 at 7:05 am (This post was last modified: June 29, 2016 at 7:16 am by Alex K.)
(June 29, 2016 at 5:41 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: I can't say what he thinks about godlings, but I do think he's too smarmy for my own comfort. Maybe he believes in himself, to a fault?

My tipping point was his appearance on the skeptics guide podcast, where all he did was deliver propaganda talking points for his latest book about some futuristic technology stuff, and the moment they asked a few pointed questions about some rather speculative conclusions he draws in it, he suddenly "had an appointment" and hung up. Can't take him seriously ever since.
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RE: Michio Kaku
June 29, 2016 at 12:30 pm
(June 29, 2016 at 5:41 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: I can't say what he thinks about godlings, but I do think he's too smarmy for my own comfort. Maybe he believes in himself, to a fault?

This. I used to think pretty highly of him, but I think he's let things get to his head.
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RE: Michio Kaku
June 29, 2016 at 12:33 pm
(June 29, 2016 at 5:04 am)Alex K Wrote: Michio Kaku can't stop talking hyped bullsauce in general. At this point I just find him aggravating. He does everything I don't want a physics popularizer to do. I don't know about his religious beliefs though.

On a related note, but probably only understandable for us here. What do you think on Lesch? I kind of liked the guy when he was on space night on BR alpha. But now he's a little too present for my liking. I even find myself switching channels when he comes up.
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RE: Michio Kaku
June 29, 2016 at 12:34 pm
I only seen him in passing, but never looked much into his work. A shame he seems to be losing it.
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RE: Michio Kaku
June 29, 2016 at 12:42 pm
He is a brilliant guy but... like the one character from jussasic park 3 mentions about Ian Malcolm he becomes full of himself and his subject.
Don't get me wrong i like Michio Kaku i just want him to stop for a moment and talk about things that are grounded in reality for like 5 minutes.
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