> Unless one believes nature is a calculating machine This is more or less the underlying assumption in physics isn't it? A calculating machine whose algorithms we are trying to guess, and which hopefully we will never master completely (or life would become very boring).
Michel (Thanks to Bill Beaty for inviting me back) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harry Veeder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 10:39 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Geodetic Proven > This "experiment" is really a comparison of two calculating machines. > > The results generated by a $500 million Machine B (consisting of the probe > AND the Earth) are compared to the results generated by machine A > (consisting of some PhD's, desktop computers and General Relativity). > > Unless one believes nature is a calculating machine it is not really a > significant experiment. > > Harry > > Terry Blanton wrote: > >> By Gravity Probe B: >> >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6561391.stm >> >
