On Saturday, June 15, 2019 at 12:37:24 PM UTC-5, Philip Thrift wrote: > > > > 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. > > Any theory anyone wants to 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/ae132890-f60e-413f-a29b-97bb8f7e4ede%40googlegroups.com.
