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To: microgood
Truth:

This is a word best avoided entirely in physics except when placed in quotes, or with careful qualification. Its colloquial use has so many shades of meaning from ‘it seems to be correct’ to the absolute truths claimed by religion, that it’s use causes nothing but misunderstanding. Someone once said "Science seeks proximate (approximate) truths." Others speak of provisional or tentative truths. Certainly science claims no final or absolute truths.

Source.

17 posted on 07/16/2006 7:33:11 PM PDT by Coyoteman (I love the sound of beta decay in the morning!)
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To: Coyoteman
Truth:

This is a word best avoided entirely in physics except when placed in quotes, or with careful qualification. Its colloquial use has so many shades of meaning from ‘it seems to be correct’ to the absolute truths claimed by religion, that it’s use causes nothing but misunderstanding. Someone once said "Science seeks proximate (approximate) truths." Others speak of provisional or tentative truths. Certainly science claims no final or absolute truths.


Absolutely. I love science and only get concerned when some think it is something other than you describe.
21 posted on 07/16/2006 8:00:48 PM PDT by microgood
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