Lonnie, then we shall discover that there are no quarks...it's us who are quarky in our understanding of nature. On Mar 28, 2012 5:21 PM, "Lonnie Clay" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups#!topic/epistemology/OV6-uW2qy7Y > > Is a thread which I have been following for some time now. Rather than > stick my oar in there, I am starting a new thread on a related topic. > fundamental -> interactions -> medium -> instruments -> raw observations -> > transmission -> processing -> correlation -> interpretation -> > understanding > > At each step of the way from the fundamental to our understanding of what > is happening, errors can be introduced, most commonly at the stage of > interpretation. We achieve a consensus of what is reality through the > scientific method among other tools. So the four elements earth, air, fire, > and water of the ancients have evolved into a few quarks or so in modern > theory, along the way passing through the stage of trillions of molecules, > a couple hundred "elements", and a similar number of subatomic particles. > Nature did not change its structure during the evolution of our > understanding, it was just our interpretation that evolved. I have to > wonder as we close in on the last of the hypothesized quarks if we are > about to unfold a strange landscape of various colors and flavors lying > beneath the quarks... > > Lonnie Courtney Clay > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Epistemology" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/epistemology/-/IQ8PTSkkE5IJ. > 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. > -- 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.
