I don't think there's any point in working through all the points you raise.
I did (a long time ago) get awarded an Open Exhibition to read Physics at Oxford University, so I think I do have a basis to comment on what science is and what it isn't. As Wittgenstein pointed out in the 1920's, any question beginning with the word "why" is meaningless from the standpoint of Logical Philosophy, which now leaves that area of conjecture to those of a religious persuasion. I am not an atheist (which is a logically indefensible position, since you can't know that a God of some kind or another does not exist), but I am strongly agnostic so have long ago stopped bothering with why things are the way they are. Physics has always been an investigation into "how" the universe functions. I suspect that Sir Arthur Eddington was close to the mark in the 1930's when he said, "The universe may not only be stranger than we imagine, it may well be stranger than we can imagine". There will always be new things to find out. IMO, Stephen Hawkin's stated objective of "knowing the mind of God" is flogging a dead horse, no matter how brilliant a scientist he is (or was when he did his best work). My vote for physicist of the 20th century goes to neither Einstein nor Hawking, but to Paul Dirac who did some astounding work on quantum mechanics (which underpins all electronics) and despite being little-known got himself buried in Westminster Abbey which is a signal honour. All that I am trying to point out is that our appreciation of music is itself subjective - otherwise we would all like (& dislike) the same things. This is a good thing, I'm all for human diversity it's got us a long way in a very short time from an evolutionary standpoint. Sorry to be so misunderstood. Dave :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Golden Earring's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=66646 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106914 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
