But I can test E=mc^2 by gaining access to the equipment that allows for such tests. I don't have to build it myself. I still don't see the difference. My original point wasn't about testing e=mc^2; it was about using it in my daily life. I still don't see how I would use it other than in devices that I don't build but that take advantage of it--although I can't think of any of those either. Does a nuclear power generator count? I can't built it, but I can take advantage of it.
*-- Russ Abbott* *_____________________________________________* *** Professor, Computer Science* * California State University, Los Angeles* * My paper on how the Fed can fix the economy: ssrn.com/abstract=1977688* * Google voice: 747-*999-5105 Google+: plus.google.com/114865618166480775623/ * vita: *sites.google.com/site/russabbott/ CS Wiki <http://cs.calstatela.edu/wiki/> and the courses I teach *_____________________________________________* On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 7:50 AM, glen ropella <[email protected]> wrote: > On 04/22/2013 11:37 PM, Russ Abbott wrote: > > But if it's possible what's the difference as far as > > your perspective on what science is? > > My point was that you, too, can build a device that might allow you to > test E=mc^2. It was in response to your statement that: > > On 04/22/2013 11:15 AM, Russ Abbott wrote: > > There isn't much in today's science that I personally can use to > > manipulate the world. Much of it provides the foundation for devices > > that other people build through which I manipulate the world. > > My claim is that most of today's science can be personally used, by you, > to manipulate the world. You can build the device. And you can use it > to formulate a test for these theories. > > And I claimed this in order to push home my point that theories are not > scientific unless they are accompanied by the science of a _test_. > > -- > glen =><= Hail Eris! > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >
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