Re: OT Re: Re: weird water-fasting poop

August 23, 2005

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>>Any reference to metaphor is hogwash, aka quantum flapdoodle. Physics

>>envy. That's what Shermer calls it.

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>The irony, sadly, is that physics itself has begun to founder with string

>theory -- a theory that predicts nothing and cannot be experimentally tested.

>

Yes, well I think you offer the Achilles' Heel of String Theory (which

is now known as superstring or M-theory) when you talk about testing.

Let me start a new thread on this soon with your quote, as I would like

to look into it a bit further, since I am not up on the latest. It is

OT and not poop related. And JC, perhaps I can address the rational

thinking questions you brought up in the " OT Why can't we get along " or

similar name. I love philosophy when it pertains to science, but math

is my favorite subject of all. In math we have truths, whereas in

science only facts and theories. So stay tuned ...

Deanna

August 24, 2005

Deanna-

>In math we have truths, whereas in

>science only facts and theories. So stay tuned ...

I think that might require a rather unusual definition of truth. My

understanding is that it's possible to create self-contained mathematical

systems which " work " in that they're self-consistent, but which have

absolutely no applicability to the world.

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