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I like the idea that the laws of physics allow us to draw conclusions with certainty, despite what our eyes observe: we are sure it's no perpetual device, since
by bibelo 3y ago
I like the idea that the laws of physics allow us to draw conclusions with certainty, despite what our eyes observe: we are sure it's no perpetual device, since science says it's impossible.
Exactly with the Sun: our eyes observe that Sun goes around Earth, but science tells us otherwise.
Reminds me of the definition of Faith in the Holy Scriptures: "the evident demonstration of realities that are not seen." (Hebrews 11:1)
Yes, there are realities that exist beyond what we can see, that we can deduce with reasoning.
Edit: typo
- moonchild 3y agoThe whole reason science works is that we start by assuming what our eyes tell us is true, and then come up with models to explain that. Edit: plato believed the nature of reality could be discerned with pure reason. He was wrong. Science also works only because it always assumes that its models may be wrong.
- marginalia_nu 3y ago> Exactly with the Sun: our eyes observe that Sun goes around Earth, but science tells us otherwise. These are just two different reference frame. Both are equivalent.
- bibelo 3y agoso you mean the train is not moving?
- OskarS 3y agoTell that to the 16th century Catholic church...
- marginalia_nu 3y agoThat's the irony though, both them and the high school teacher telling you they were wrong is making the same category of error. It's a debate over where to put the origin of the coordinate system, which is an arbitrary choice.