> On 15 Jun 2019, at 19:37, Philip Thrift <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Saturday, June 15, 2019 at 12:10:48 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote: > > > On 6/15/2019 12:29 AM, Philip Thrift wrote: >> I've basically lived my life believing what I want, I think. >> I'm not trying to convince anyone of anything. >> >> One thing I might try to convince people of: >> >> Physics is fiction. >> >> Vic Stenger would have said "Physics is models". >> >> There are always alternative models, and new ones likely coming in the >> future. >> >> To find reality in a model (to make truth claims in the vocabulary of a >> model) is a form of religious fundamentalism. > > You say you're not trying to convince anyone of anything, but you repeatedly > slap pejorative labels on other viewpoints. You use them like Trump uses > nick names. I avoids actually making an argument against them while > disparaging them. > > So in this specific instance: Where do you look for reality? Or do you > suppose there is no reality. If you trained a neural network so that it > could produce all the predictions about physics problems that the community > of physicists do, would it be just as good as the theories it replaces? > > Brent > > > > I don't criticize other theories. Any theory anyone want's top pursue is is > fine. > > It's just the Physics Gestapo I criticize.
It is not physics Gestaop. Only physicalist gestapo, or the usual confusion (Aristotle basic philosophy) between physics and metaphysics, which is incompatible with Mechanism. Bruno > > @philipthrift > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/10a91030-7bdd-426e-a085-5df6ce3f4dc7%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/10a91030-7bdd-426e-a085-5df6ce3f4dc7%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/F187AC30-A6AB-4347-9031-F12863C536B5%40ulb.ac.be.
