Re: Einstein quote

2018-05-18 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 14 May 2018, at 06:52, agrayson2...@gmail.com wrote: > > 'There is no inductive method which could lead to the fundamental concepts of > physics. Failure to understand this fact constituted the basic philosophical > error of so many investigators of the nineteenth century.' > > What does

Re: Einstein quote

2018-05-16 Thread agrayson2000
On Monday, May 14, 2018 at 10:11:04 PM UTC, Russell Standish wrote: > > On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 11:38:12AM -0700, agrays...@gmail.com > wrote: > > > > *I see. So for Einstein an "inductive method" is indistinguishable from > > naive speculation. AG * > > > > Not at all. Inductive method

Re: Einstein quote

2018-05-15 Thread John Clark
On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 6:50 PM, Lawrence Crowell < goldenfieldquaterni...@gmail.com> wrote: *​>​ Inductive reasoning involves recognizing some process and then > thinking of some general principle.* Inductive reasoning is much simpler than deductive reasoning, it simply makes use of the rule

Re: Einstein quote

2018-05-15 Thread Lawrence Crowell
On Monday, May 14, 2018 at 5:11:04 PM UTC-5, Russell Standish wrote: > > On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 11:38:12AM -0700, agrays...@gmail.com > wrote: > > > > *I see. So for Einstein an "inductive method" is indistinguishable from > > naive speculation. AG * > > > > Not at all. Inductive method is

Re: Einstein quote

2018-05-14 Thread Russell Standish
On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 11:38:12AM -0700, agrayson2...@gmail.com wrote: > > *I see. So for Einstein an "inductive method" is indistinguishable from > naive speculation. AG * > Not at all. Inductive method is proposing new laws based on (lots of) empirical evidence. If you always see B after A,

Re: Einstein quote

2018-05-14 Thread agrayson2000
On Monday, May 14, 2018 at 2:06:53 PM UTC, scerir wrote: > > > Il 14 maggio 2018 alle 14.17 agrays...@gmail.com ha > scritto: > > > > On Monday, May 14, 2018 at 6:20:42 AM UTC, scerir wrote: > > > Il 14 maggio 2018 alle 6.52 agrays...@gmail.com ha scritto: > > 'There is no inductive method

Re: Einstein quote

2018-05-14 Thread 'scerir' via Everything List
> Il 14 maggio 2018 alle 14.17 agrayson2...@gmail.com ha scritto: > > > > On Monday, May 14, 2018 at 6:20:42 AM UTC, scerir wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Il 14 maggio 2018 alle 6.52 agrays...@gmail.com ha > > scritto: > > > > > > 'There is no inductive

Re: Einstein quote

2018-05-14 Thread agrayson2000
On Monday, May 14, 2018 at 6:20:42 AM UTC, scerir wrote: > > > Il 14 maggio 2018 alle 6.52 agrays...@gmail.com ha scritto: > > 'There is no inductive method which could lead to the fundamental concepts > of physics. Failure to understand this fact constituted the basic > philosophical error

Re: Einstein quote

2018-05-14 Thread 'scerir' via Everything List
> Il 14 maggio 2018 alle 6.52 agrayson2...@gmail.com ha scritto: > > 'There is no inductive method which could lead to the fundamental > concepts of physics. Failure to understand this fact constituted the basic > philosophical error of so many investigators of the nineteenth century.' >

Einstein quote

2018-05-13 Thread agrayson2000
'There is no inductive method which could lead to the fundamental concepts of physics. Failure to understand this fact constituted the basic philosophical error of so many investigators of the nineteenth century.' What does he mean? AG -- You received this message because you are subscribed

Re: Lovely Einstein Quote

2015-05-03 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 02 Apr 2015, at 02:31, Jason Resch wrote: A human being is part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. We experience ourselves, our thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest. A kind of optical delusion of consciousness. This delusion is a

Re: Lovely Einstein Quote

2015-04-02 Thread LizR
everything-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Wed, Apr 1, 2015 8:31 pm Subject: Lovely Einstein Quote A human being is part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. We experience ourselves, our thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest. A kind of optical

Re: Lovely Einstein Quote

2015-04-02 Thread LizR
will use their time machine to travel back to 1347 with a cure for the black plague, but that day is not today. -Original Message- From: Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com To: Everything List everything-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Wed, Apr 1, 2015 8:31 pm Subject: Lovely Einstein Quote

Re: Lovely Einstein Quote

2015-04-02 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
@googlegroups.com Sent: Wed, Apr 1, 2015 8:31 pm Subject: Lovely Einstein Quote A human being is part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. We experience ourselves, our thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest. A kind of optical delusion of consciousness

Re: Lovely Einstein Quote

2015-04-01 Thread LizR
Ah yes, I thought he had Buddhist leanings. On 2 April 2015 at 13:31, Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com wrote: A human being is part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. We experience ourselves, our thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest. A

Lovely Einstein Quote

2015-04-01 Thread Jason Resch
A human being is part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. We experience ourselves, our thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest. A kind of optical delusion of consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal