On 03/04/2015 23:11, Fernando Rodriguez wrote: > That's the problem with science in general. The one thing it may never be > able > to answer is "why?". Take gravity as an example. We got really good models > for > it, we can predict how it influences even light with great accuracy but what > are the underlying mechanisms? We may never know. Einstein would say it's > because matter bends space, but what is the underlying mechanism for that? We > just take his word for it because he gave us equations that work better than > anything else we've come up with so far.
The scientific community is very well aware that it cannot answer the question "why?", and in fact, true science doesn't even try. Science never proves anything, it only fails to disprove a realistic workable model. For the sake of simplicity and brevity we often says "according to Einstein's theory matter bands space so therefore..." or even simplify that to "matter bands space so therefore...", all the time understanding that it's just a model, and could be totally wrong about the real underlying truth. This is in no way a "problem" with science. It is by design. -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
