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Why String Theory Is Both A Dream And A Nightmare
Forbes ^ | February 26, 2020 | Ethan Siegel

Posted on 02/27/2020 6:32:04 AM PST by C19fan

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To: steve86

Laptop problems.


61 posted on 02/29/2020 7:01:23 AM PST by BDParrish ( Please correct me! I never learned anything from anybody who already agreed with me.)
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To: zeugma

If you can’t test something, it’s not science, it’s philosophy, or worse.


Philosophy has application. It is not one or the other.

For example logic, part of philosophy, is a rare commodity these days.

We have too many experiments that logic says won’t work but we have to go through the experiments anyway these days. Einstein did many thought experiments before he came up with his final ideas. Not done today because the wilder you idea is these days, the more attention you get, whether science, economics; religion or politics.

We have people that still believe in spontaneous generation. We laugh at the idea of spontaneous generation but seriously support the current idea which adds time and randomness.


62 posted on 02/29/2020 7:23:32 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: BDParrish

Ah, that makes sense.


63 posted on 02/29/2020 9:35:03 AM PST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Liberalism is a social disease.)
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