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David Sedley
Personal blog · rabbisedley.blogspot.comphilosophyother
David Sedley writes rabbisedley, a personal blog at rabbisedley.blogspot.com about philosophy. Since 2015, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times. The last post was in 2020, but the archive is still widely read.
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Why HN links it
The post recounts Richard Feynman's anecdote about rabbinical students asking whether electricity is fire, and commenters link it for that story about science and Jewish religious learning.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
David Sedley's thoughts on life, Torah and everything else. And also some audio shiurim.
Most-linked posts?
- /2012/08/richard-feynman-meets-rabbinical.html2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-06-08
What Hacker News says?
http://rabbisedley.blogspot.com/2012/08/richard-feynman-meet...
Comment linking /2012/08/richard-feynman-meets-rabbinical.html
on “The double life of Hasidic atheists”I'm strongly reminded of the anecdote from "Surely you're joking Mr Feynman" where he enters discourse with rabbinical students over whether or not electricity is fire. http://rabbisedley.blogspot.com/2012/08/richard-feynman-meet...
Comment linking /2012/08/richard-feynman-meets-rabbinical.html
on ““Is Fish Meat?” One Justice’s Answer Shows Why the Supreme Court Is So Broken”Here's my favorite story about scientists judging what's kosher, starring none other than Richard Feynman: One day, two or three of the young rabbis came to me and said, "We realize that we can't study to be rabbis in the modern world without knowing something about science, so we'd like to ask you some questions." Of course there are thousands of places to find out about science, and Columbia University was right n…
Comment linking /2012/08/richard-feynman-meets-rabbinical.html
on “Gorgeous Photos Capture Life Inside a Drop of Seawater”