On 4/26/2019 12:03 AM, [email protected] wrote:
On Thursday, April 25, 2019 at 7:28:52 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote:
On 4/25/2019 1:42 PM, [email protected] <javascript:> wrote:
> The one-and-only code of nature is a hidden entity. We may
> "approximate" it with our own code (like the Marcolli code
above), but
> unless there is some sort of unforeseen revolution coming,
that's the
> way things will always be.
Right.?? But the approximation is at the level of predictions
approximating observable facts.?? At the level of ontology our
theory can
be completely off.
Brent
But off of what?
Off that of a better theory we've found.
What specific ontological entity or entities of any science in 2019
does one claim as*final* - i.e., /that /ontology is the "true" one?
If none, should we expect that in some future year we will find some
final ontology?
Or: If it is a final ontology, we found it by "luck", and we don't
know if it's final even if it is.
Right.?? Even if we find the correct theory of everything we still won't
be able to know it's correct with certainty.?? That's how science differs
from theology...it's never certain.?? Even "facts" and "data" are not
certain.?? But they are more certain, in the sense of remaining stable
while theories explaining them change.
Brent
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