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Physics is at the end of a day a human construct which quite obviously reflects reality, but is not equivalent to that reality, and is useful to the extent it h

by Gatsky 8y ago

Physics is at the end of a day a human construct which quite obviously reflects reality, but is not equivalent to that reality, and is useful to the extent it helps us understand and predict natural phenomena. Their choice of terminology could be better, but strictly is compatible with the definition of physics.

mnl 8y ago
Yes and no. Physics is done by humans, but at the end of the day this Higgs from the convoluted construct is actually there, go figure. Maybe physics is onto something, maybe aliens can't get here because conservation of momentum is a universal law indeed, they're bounded by it like every other speck of dust, and their alien construct about it has to look pretty much like ours, the only difference being notations. It's not so clear cut to me anymore we're making models that by definition can never hit the jackpot. I guess we can't even be sure about that.
- acqq 8y ago
  > Maybe physics is onto something It is indisputable that the natural sciences objectively improve our overall understanding of the world. Those who don't accept that much are simply giving up rationality and claiming "miracles" where there are rational explanations. Typically, there's some very specific agenda that such entities have.
acqq 8y ago
> Their choice of terminology could be better, but strictly is compatible with the definition of physics. Even if you'd argue that "everything can be called physics", which is not how the natural sciences are organized, using some specific terminology that has a very exact meaning in the physics as it is seen today, but giving it the opposite and misleading meaning is plainly wrong, unless one wants to support the misleading of the casual readers. The article title and terminology are misleading, messaging the public completely the opposite of what the natural sciences agree of.

by Gatsky 8y ago

mnl 8y ago

Yes and no. Physics is done by humans, but at the end of the day this Higgs from the convoluted construct is actually there, go figure. Maybe physics is onto something, maybe aliens can't get here because conservation of momentum is a universal law indeed, they're bounded by it like every other speck of dust, and their alien construct about it has to look pretty much like ours, the only difference being notations. It's not so clear cut to me anymore we're making models that by definition can never hit the jackpot. I guess we can't even be sure about that.

acqq 8y ago
> Maybe physics is onto something It is indisputable that the natural sciences objectively improve our overall understanding of the world. Those who don't accept that much are simply giving up rationality and claiming "miracles" where there are rational explanations. Typically, there's some very specific agenda that such entities have.

acqq 8y ago

> Their choice of terminology could be better, but strictly is compatible with the definition of physics. Even if you'd argue that "everything can be called physics", which is not how the natural sciences are organized, using some specific terminology that has a very exact meaning in the physics as it is seen today, but giving it the opposite and misleading meaning is plainly wrong, unless one wants to support the misleading of the casual readers. The article title and terminology are misleading, messaging the public completely the opposite of what the natural sciences agree of.