On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 8:23 PM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > > I don't agree with that. E.g. Quantum mechanics is a theory which predicts > how electrons behave, which is basis of how your computer works. > > Thus if we agree that your computer as a working system is a fact then then > framework used to get that fact must also be a fact.
We agree the sun appears almost every day yet it is not the center of the universe. > You can get more fuzzy and say that newtons theory of gravity predicts facts > above a certain granularity. Thus above that level it's a fact. And what's wrong with condition based rules? > Take the fuzzy fact concept one step farther: the theory of relativity. > > Is gravity a fact? Then how would you explain superfluidity? It defies > gravity. I don't know what it is. > If scientific theories aren't facts then there are no facts. I'm not saying they can't be facts, just that the label doesn't guarantee it so. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:342635 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
