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jack_pptoday at 12:59 PM4 repliesview on HN

Newton believed in God, ask an LLM what famous scientists believed in God, take a step back and ask if you think you are smarter than those people.


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stickfiguretoday at 2:09 PM

Newton spent more of his life working on alchemy than math or physics. Shall we all start searching for the Philosopher's Stone? Why not?

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throwaway173738today at 1:05 PM

Just as OP’s derision isn’t a reason for disbelief, “smart people” expressing belief isn’t a reason to believe.

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NuclearPMtoday at 2:06 PM

It made more sense to believe this stuff back in the 1600s.

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