I wish to enter the rabbit hole and go further than the unknowable structure of spacetime.
Albert Michelson once believed in the late 19th century that physics was essentially complete; however, we have progressed significantly: Quantum Physics: Reveals the inherent indeterminacy at quantum scales, challenging our grasp on fundamental realities. Chaos Theory: Demonstrates how minute perturbations can lead to significant outcomes, complicating predictive models due to sensitivity to initial conditions. George Box's Axiom: "All models are wrong, some are useful," acknowledging the imperfection of all models while recognizing their practical utility in scientific inquiry. Agent-Based Modeling (ABM): Utilizes computational models to simulate complex systems through the interactions of autonomous agents, providing insights into emergent behavior from individual actions, helping us make better insights about how things work in the real world. David Deutsch's Thesis: Proposes in "The Beginning of Infinity" that knowledge is perpetually fallible, subject to correction and expansion, indicating that scientific understanding is an endless progression rather than a finite achievement. Thus, since Michelson's era, we've transitioned from a belief in the finality of physics to recognizing science as an unending quest for knowledge, with vast territories to explore far beyond the mere comprehension of spacetime's structure. Note, the message is my own, but since I'm very bad using the English language, I use AI to assist my writing. On Thu, 30 Jan 2025 at 06:18, Frank Wimberly <wimber...@gmail.com> wrote: > My former boss Clark Glymour is cited multiple times in that paper. > --- > Frank C. Wimberly > 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, > Santa Fe, NM 87505 > > 505 670-9918 > Santa Fe, NM > > On Wed, Jan 29, 2025, 8:45 PM Sarbajit Roy <sroy...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Also John Norton's take on it >> >> https://sites.pitt.edu/~jdnorton/papers/Obs_Equiv_final.pdf >> >> On Thu, Jan 30, 2025 at 9:13 AM Sarbajit Roy <sroy...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> This may be the first paywalled PDF (attached) >>> >>> On Wed, Jan 29, 2025 at 11:51 PM Santafe <desm...@santafe.edu> wrote: >>> >>>> btw, thank you for this. >>>> >>>> Like the cosmic horizon, both the top link and the journal article are >>>> behind paywalls. But the university could get me the second one. A 3-page >>>> paper. Amazing. I read the construction, and think I follow the claims. >>>> I haven’t spent time looking at the manifolds he constructs, enough to >>>> convince myself that I can see them. But that’s just time. >>>> >>>> Eric >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> > On Jan 29, 2025, at 10:06, glen <geprope...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fiai.tv%2farticles%2fthe-universe-is-unknowable-from-within-it-auid-3057&c=E,1,AwRg2KvGth_GUJNej88XfasttX1aPURydaXEN5gmJ6dMKxuwMl3JdpIAkGubWAXi5tfnWlj8tgE1UycYvSgY6FNlCIwxJuhaShCol9rByga_qoOi2vlrfEmGWvAh&typo=1 >>>> > >>>> > "In light of the situation, one might insist that spacetime have >>>> certain global properties instead. But what justifies this move? Given the >>>> theorem, we know this justification cannot be due to any observational data >>>> we have collected -- even after allowing for any local induction on such >>>> data. Perhaps one could appeal to some strong form of global induction. For >>>> example, the Copernican principle could be invoked which seems to modestly >>>> deny us a special status in the cosmos: the observable universe is presumed >>>> to be representative of the entirety of spacetime. But as the philosopher >>>> John Earman has aptly remarked, "this seeming modesty is belied by the >>>> immodest use to which the principle is put in justifying an inductive >>>> extrapolation'' [9]. Indeed, induction on such vast scales would seem to be >>>> suspect given that we are able to observe only the tiniest fraction of the >>>> universe [10]. Remember the ants!" >>>> > >>>> > 2 of the interesting references are here: >>>> > >>>> > Manchak, J. (2009), "Can We Know the Global Structure of Spacetime?" >>>> Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics, 40: 53-56. >>>> > >>>> https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fdoi.org%2f10.1016%2fj.shpsb.2008.07.004&c=E,1,37U3FCfmt2kwwoKkBsYaXr_rchHZnkSAi9xBTqlvvdv028Es-FGPFjYp8EdtMUAU1hhZ5Z1U0wHTkLD1l91G3KQBPW3CsXm9qS9sgXrDdMH_1K1PQzHg_4-6NQ,,&typo=1 >>>> > >>>> > Malament, D. (1977), “Observationally Indistinguishable Space-Times,” >>>> in J. Earman, C. Glymour, and J. 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