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As a layman I just can't get past the glaring reality of: we simply do not possess the means (i.e. equipment/tools) to examine/measure/control the fundamental e
by canada_dry 7y ago
As a layman I just can't get past the glaring reality of: we simply do not possess the means (i.e. equipment/tools) to examine/measure/control the fundamental elements of matter without utterly affecting the outcome in ways we are not able to control, understand or accurately predict.
I don't believe there is any amount of quantum theories that will get us past this fundamental boundary.
- iainmerrick 7y agoIt can be made to work in at least some cases -- for example, QED is a theory about how individual photons and electrons behave that’s in truly fantastic agreement with experimental results. There’s a deep philosophical question about whether we can every truly learn the real fundamental laws of nature, sure; but it certainly looks like we can get very very close, perhaps arbitrarily close.