Posted on 06/29/2019 8:11:16 AM PDT by Kaslin
Eddington did it.
One of the themes of postmodernism is the denial of universal objective truth. Kant, who was a century before Einstein, was the originator of the modern version of the anti-truth philosophy.Kant declared that reality was unknowable by reason, and that reason was not a means of knowledge of reality, but only of appearances. His followers have declared that truth depends on one's group, or language, or society, or culture.
What you have told me is that these philosophers have no understanding of the physical world, but tried to introduce a belief system based on that lack of comprehension.
The theory of relativity does not mean that everything is relative and fluid; it states that no matter what your frame of reference is, the speed of light is absolute. In other words, it posits that there is an aspect of reality that cannot vary—kind of opposite from the belief that everything is fluid and subject to interpretation.
All theories are models, not realities.
Some models are more accurate (yet not more true) than others.
I would use a Bohr Atom to teach a young child, not Orbital Theory or Quantum Mechanics.
A 1/48 P-51D Mustang model is generally more accurate than a 1/72 P-51D Mustang model (and neither one is a real P-51D Mustang!). The larger one is not true, making the smaller one false; the larger one is more accurate, making the smaller one less accurate.
Isaac Newton was a genius, and Newtonian Physics is quite useful. Usefulness is what matters in the real world.
Centrifugal Force is not “real”; yet many of us use that term. The sun does not “really” rise or set, yet many of us use the terms, sunrise and sunset.
Well said.
Quantum mechanics is much more radical from Newton’s works than Einstein’s. The root of leftist thinking is envy , the rest is merely cover talk.
#metoo; but I don't care who knows it.
Food snobs exist, and they ARE better than me.
...just ask them.
*ping*
Yea, I have fun with my tagline. If there’s an article about McDonald’s or Walmart, I make a point of blasting those outfits, noting how horrible they are.
...and then I wait to see if anyone reads my tagline.
correct
Must be having a second childhood moment and reliving his favorite dances of the times...like maybe “The Twist” and “The Jerk”.
“All universal theories, whatever their content, have zero probability”Except Darwin.
Thanks fieldmarshaldj.
Incest,IP theft,family abandonment,etc...
As Karl Popper put it in his The Logic of Scientific Discovery, “All universal theories, whatever their content, have zero probability” (p. 373)
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