On 14 Jun 2005 00:37:00 -0700, "Michele Simionato" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>It looks like you do not have a background in Physics research. >We *do* build the world! ;) > > Michele Simionato Wow... I always get surprises from physics. For example I thought that no one could drop confutability requirement for a theory in an experimental science... I mean that I always agreed with the logic principle that unless you tell me an experiment whose result could be a confutation of your theory or otherwise you're not saying anything really interesting. In other words if there is no means by which the theory could be proved wrong by an experiment then that theory is just babbling without any added content. A friend of mine however told me that this principle that I thought was fundamental for talking about science has indeed been sacrified to get unification. I was told that in physics there are current theories for which there is no hypotetical experiment that could prove them wrong... (superstrings may be ? it was a name like that but I don't really remember). To me looks like e.g. saying that objects are moved around by invisible beings with long beards and tennis shoes and that those spirits like to move them under apparent laws we know because they're having a lot of fun fooling us. However every now and then they move things a bit differently just to watch at our surprised faces while we try to see where is the problem in our measuring instrument. My temptation is to react for this dropping of such a logical requirement with a good laugh... what could be the result of a theory that refuses basic logic ? On a second thought however laughing at strange physics theories is not a good idea. Especially if you live in Hiroshima. Andrea -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
