Why is Michio Kaku endorsing religious mysticism?

[Loki]

I don't get it. Michio Kaku is a world-renowned physicist, and respected by many. Now he talks approvingly about the Kabbalah, which is religious (Jewish) mysticism. I am shocked. Is it becoming for a scientist of his stature to basically endorse religiosity, something for which there is not a shred of scientific evidence? Can any smart person/s try to explain this to me? I really want to understand. Is there something undeniably true about the Kabbalah? (I must admit I know nothing about it, but I will try to find out now.. which kinda makes me wonder if they paid him handsomely for that endorsement... ).

[wvwvw]

Cause he is paid to.

[Loki]

Cause he is paid to.

If that turns out to be the case, it would be disgraceful. A scandal. People look up to him.

[Wilhelm O.]

Warning: It's been a long time since I last read any of this stuff, I may be babbling. Read at your own risk.

Hermetism, which is based on Corpus Hermeticum and the Kabbalah (EDIT:THE KYBALION, NOT THE KABBALAH, fuck I don goofed) had knowledge of a lot of stuff that's now scientifically proven way before it was possible to know it. One of it's fundamental principles is the principle of vibration, i.e. all things are at constant movement and constantly vibrate, just at different degrees. There are also mentions of "other worlds", which I remember somewhat reminded me of higher dimensions and the quantum theory , although I do admit I learnt about the later from Michio Kaku's books, so take that with a grain of salt. I can't watch the video right now, but hermetic occultism is/was mostly Egyptian in origin, not kosher, it just spread through all continents and was considered to be the stepping stone of Christianity and nearly all other religions.

EDIT: My conclusion: It isn't surprisng he would subscribe to some form of the occult/mysticism. But if he's paid then all other stuff he preaches becomes kind of suspicious.

EDIT: Also a lot of hermetic stuff is pred. early New Age from the medival/romantic/victorian era. Hermes T-something was the one who started it all and was elevated by the Egyptians to a god of thier pantheon under the name of Thoth, I think.

EDIT: Also "was considered" is an important part, Corpus Hermeticum was misjudged by the historians of the medival era and really was written post-New testament, in the +/- III century AD

[Herr Abubu]

Science was from day one tied in to occultism. Every single one of the big theories of science has some relation to occult and philosophical ideas. Scientists have always had a warm relationship with various forms of occultism and mysticism. As a historical phenomenon it grew in environments suffused in occultism and esotericism. Great men of science—Francis Bacon, Charles Darwin, Isaac Newton—all were obsessed with mysticisms of one sort or another.

[Loki]

Science was from day one tied in to occultism. Every single one of the big theories of science has some relation to occult and philosophical ideas. Scientists have always had a warm relationship with various forms of occultism and mysticism. As a historical phenomenon it grew in environments suffused in occultism and esotericism. Great men of science—Francis Bacon, Charles Darwin, Isaac Newton—all were obsessed with mysticisms of one sort or another.

But what does this all mean, then? That we should all start going to church again, and burn our science books, or what?

[Jacques de Imbelloni]

[Wilhelm O.]

Occult and mysticism are not a good goy's domain, and it definetly isn't ever going to be useful for manipulation, that's what exoteric religions are for.

[Colonel Frank Grimes]

But what does this all mean, then? That we should all start going to church again, and burn our science books, or what?

It means other physicists were right about this man. He's never been highly regarded in his field. People think he is respected because he's on different shows and publishes popular non-fiction books but his name doesn't carry weight.

[Loki]

It means other physicists were right about this man. He's never been highly regarded in his field. People think he is respected because he's on different shows and publishes popular non-fiction books but his name doesn't carry weight.

Sounds like a reasonable conclusion, the most reasonable I've seen so far.