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yes, I actually subscribe to this view too. We are observing things at the borders of the capacity of our instruments that is so far removed from our natural ha
by stareatgoats 9y ago
yes, I actually subscribe to this view too. We are observing things at the borders of the capacity of our instruments that is so far removed from our natural habitat as humans that we may never understand much more. I don't think we should give up however, and the distinction between appearances and reality is fundamental to proceeding further IMO.
To clarify, it seems to me probable that real space itself (and time for that matter) is/are exempt from such localized notions. They probably 'permeate' or 'contain' everything, have always done and will always do, regardless of location and scale. It is obviously possible that they may lose relevance at a certain scale, but that scale is nowhere near our current horizon AFAICT.
- resource0x 9y agoI'm not so sure about this exemption. It's just very difficult for us to reason about it. And even formulating a counter-argument in a meaningful way requires some notions we don't have. Tangentially related: http://www.paradise.caltech.edu/cook/Workshop/Physics/QMQuestion.html http://www.paradise.caltech.edu/cook/Workshop/Physics/QMQues...