Ernie: Sometimes I tune in to a lecture given by a teacher at LCC who has a couple
of shows on one of our education channels. This is strictly hit-or-miss, as when I need a break from my studies and there is no football game to watch nor a program with a sexy actress who has nice breasts to look at. In these circumstances 'professor' Borrowdale can be a tonic To be sure, half the time he either is wrong about something or no better than half right. But now and then he "clicks." Today was one such occasion. He was discussing physics, specifically the problem posed by the existence of two kinds of physics, Newtonian and Einsteinian, Say we have an equation, F (Force) = Mass plus Action. Or Mass plus Energy. But in the world of frontiers of science nothing is ever that simple. For making stew, OK, F =M+A works out just fine. Or for mixing cement or a large number of other ordinary tasks. But if you want to send an astronaut to the Moon or Mars, that equation will not do at all. Why not? Because of the Einstein factor. Relativity is real, hence the equation should really be: F= M+A+ Junk with "Junk" being all the stuff from GRT that you need to take into account as well as whatever stuff must be considered thanks to Heisenberg and quantum mechanics. This is similar to the problems faced by historians when trying to generalize about history. There never is the equivalent of F=M+A, it is always "+Junk" with Junk referring to quirks of nature, foibles of human nature, chance events, lost opportunities, mistakes, and so forth. This has direct relevance to creating education policy or creating a new kind of school or devising a new kind of theology or a new political philosophy and you-name-it. There can never be F=M+A, it is always F=M+A+ Junk. Lesson for today Billy -- -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
