Interesting opinion about electron.
Socratus. Yes, this response makes sense on me. Now I can understand more clear, what physicists don't understand that they say about Physics / Electron. Andy. What is it that we don't understand about what we say? Except, when we say we don't understand something completely? Do you mean that YOU don't understand what we are saying? For example, when I say that an electron is an electron – I guess you think that I don't understand anything about an electron? Imagine for a moment, that we find some furry little animal on Mars. We might try to tell other earthlings what it 'is'. We might say, well, it is sort of a cat, but also like a fox. But it isn't a cat, it isn't a fox, it isn't anything we have on earth. It comes from Mars, and is completely different from anything on earth. It is a furry little animal from Mars. In all honesty, that is all we can say about it. To say it has some characteristics of a cat, and some characteristics of a fox, might convey some insight to other earthlings, but it is neither a cat nor a fox. Would that mean that biologists don't understand anything they say about biology? I don't think so. Likewise, we can discuss the properties of an electron - it has a mass, a charge, a magnetic moment, an angular momentum. But what it really IS, I don't think we understand. We know some things about it, but not everything. That doesn't mean we know everything, or even pretend to - I've NEVER heard a physicist say he thinks we know everything; have you? Nor does it mean we know nothing. I await your answers to my questions. Andy Northern Arizona University Physics-Astronomy Dept United States ============ === . Interesting opinion about electron, isn’t it? Our Electron as an animal from Mars. (!!!) Best wishes. Israel Sadovnik. / Socratus. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Epistemology" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/epistemology?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
