On Saturday, June 15, 2019 at 12:10:48 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote: > > > > On 6/15/2019 12:29 AM, Philip Thrift wrote: > > I've basically lived my life believing what I want, I think. > I'm not trying to *convince* anyone of anything. > > One thing I might try to convince people of: > > *Physics is fiction.* > > Vic Stenger would have said "Physics is models". > > There are always alternative models, and new ones likely coming in the > future. > > To find *reality in a model* (to make truth claims in the vocabulary of a > model) is a form of religious fundamentalism. > > > You say you're not trying to convince anyone of anything, but you > repeatedly slap pejorative labels on other viewpoints. You use them like > Trump uses nick names. I avoids actually making an argument against them > while disparaging them. > > So in this specific instance: Where do you look for reality? Or do you > suppose there is no reality. If you trained a neural network so that it > could produce all the predictions about physics problems that the community > of physicists do, would it be just as good as the theories it replaces? > > Brent >
I don't criticize other theories. Any theory anyone want's top pursue is is fine. It's just the Physics Gestapo I criticize. @philipthrift -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/10a91030-7bdd-426e-a085-5df6ce3f4dc7%40googlegroups.com.
