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He cared about fundamental truths, but he didn’t think we had them. “ all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike — and yet it is the
by simonh 5y ago
He cared about fundamental truths, but he didn’t think we had them.
“ all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike — and yet it is the most precious thing we have.”
The best we can ever say about science is that it is useful, that’s what truth means in science, that it produces accurate predictions. Truth in any deeper sense is a matter for philosophers.
- zeven7 5y agoHe didn't think we had those truths yet but I do think it's clear he thought it was the job of scientists (not only philosophers) to discover them. That's his major motivation behind the EPR paradox, general relativity, and the search for a greater theory. If you look at what he did, he wanted to figure out what is true. General relativity answered Newton's "metaphysical" question about how gravity could act on bodies at a distance.