Jason: two 'naive' replies to your (excellent in it's riet) post: -* I interject in bold Italics* *John M * On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 3:35 AM, Jason Resch <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 12:09 AM, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> "A theory that can explain anything, fails to explain at all." >> >> > A few people on this list have repeated this sentiment, but I wonder if it > is really so. If there were an oracle that could provide an explanation for > any question asked of it, should we conclude this oracle fails to explain > anything at all? If not, then what is the difference between a theory that > could explain anything and an oracle that could explain anything? > *ANYTHING includes the opposite as well. If the 'theory' explains 'everything and its opposite(s) equally - it is of no use. That's plain common sense. * > > Physicists spend their lives searching for a physical TOE that could in > principal explain anything that happens in this universe. Is their search > in vain because this TOE would explain nothing at all? > *What kind of 'TOE' would have searched physicitst BEFORE Galvani, Pasteur, Copernicus, or M. Curie? Epistemology serves the increase of our knowledge. * *Would YOU (today) call our knowledge a 'TOE'? so why are you upset that TODAY'S "TOE" does not include those learnables that will emerge in the future only? - **Do you claim omniscience as of today? * > > A final thought, are theories that propose the existence of everything, > really theories that can explain anything? > *As an agnostic in sciences (our capacity of knowledge) I cannot believe that humans EVER will know EVERYTHING. Your hypothetical TOE will include the explanation of 'elements' that are controversial with a negative explanation. * *Of course NOT in our present (human) imagination (conventional sciences). * *Sorry for my mental modesty <G>.* ** Jason *John* > -- > 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?hl=en. > -- 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?hl=en.
