But the point this misses is that the *tests* change the world. If you only do a test once, then you only change the world a tiny bit. If you do a test an infinity of times, then the world will stabilize to give results to the test. This long-term convergence thing is self-fulfilling.
On 2/20/20 9:01 AM, [email protected] wrote: > So we do the tests, and the results are yes, no, no, no, no. The scientists > now turn to you and you say, it should, as well as red and liquid, be sour, > thin on the tongue, intoxicating in large amounts, produce a dark residue > when heated, > etc.. So, the tests come out yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. > > [...] > > Meaningless or false. It might be meaningless, because there is no possible > world in which it could be false. Or it might be false, because our best > guess as scientists is that in the very long run, in the asymptote of > scientific inquiry, our best scientific guess is that the contents of the > chalice will be agreed upon to be wine. -- ☣ uǝlƃ ============================================================ 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 archives back to 2003: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove
