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Relativity for instance. New does not exclude dependencies or partial predecessors. New is something that is totally different from before.

• vidarh 4y ago
  Relativity comes from exploring the problem of the incompatibilities of pre-existing theories and experiments. I don't see anything that suggests it requires anything more than synthesis and a stochastic process to explore the gaps and inconsistencies. In terms of timing, they're the culmination of decades of pre-existing work, with e.g. the Lorentz transformations named the same year Einstein published his paper on special relativity.
  • testrun 4y ago
    Lorentz transformation is not relativity. I think we might have a problem with definition and understanding what we try to accomplish with this discussion. If I understand you correctly, then stochastic processes will create an all knowing environment if you give it enough time. I think that is false. Most of the time it is true, but there are points in time where there is a leap in knowledge that are not reachable by just iteration.
    • vidarh 4y ago
      > Lorentz transformation is not relativity. Not the point. The point being that there was a number of precursors, not some sudden insight from nothing. > If I understand you correctly, then stochastic processes will create an all knowing environment if you give it enough time. I think that is false. Most of the time it is true, but there are points in time where there is a leap in knowledge that are not reachable by just iteration. This presumes that there's no element of randomness in that stochastic process, which is not a sound assumption.