Stathis Papaioannou wrote: ... > If we "realise that things cannot be as they seem" then this is new evidence > and things now seem different to what they originally did! I did not intend > that "things are as they seem" be understood in a narrow sense, such as > what our senses can immediately apprehend. Complex scientific evidence, > philosophical considerations, historical experience: all of it has to be > added > to the mix and whatever comes out is what we should accept as the provisional > best theory. We know that it may not be the truth - indeed, that we might > never actually know the truth - but it is the best we can do. > > Stathis Papaioannou
OK, I agree. "Things as they seem" in the broader scientific sense is what I mean by a model of reality. I sometimes think that's why there has been such a long and continuing argument about the interpretation of quantum mechanics. Although we can do the math and check the experiment - things just can't "seem that way". Brent Meeker --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" 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/everything-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
