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Originally Posted by onetwo_threefour
As others have already said it isn't surprising that Einstein said that. What I find more interesting is the number of commenters on the article who seem to think that Einstein shouldn't be commenting on metaphysical questions. Yet I don't complain when an athelete thanks god or religious scientists express a belief in god, so why shouldn't einstein hold such views publically?
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I didn't read the comments, but are they commenting that Einstein shouldn't comment on metaphysical questions, or that people shouldn't put any weight behind Einstein's comments on metaphysical questions?
If the former I agree, if it's the latter, I would agree with the commenter... Appeal to authority is a common fallacy and I have often seen Einstein (or Newton or any other scientist that held anything remotely resembling a religious belief) invoked by Christians to somehow support their religious position.