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> Is "why" really a meaningful question? ...of course? If you want something that won't fall down, your only options are (1) luck into noticing something that
by thaumasiotes 1y ago
> Is "why" really a meaningful question?
...of course?
If you want something that won't fall down, your only options are (1) luck into noticing something that already does that, or (2) understand why things fall down, so you can prevent your thing from falling.
- tralarpa 1y ago> ...of course? No, it isn't. That sounds strange, right? But here is an explanation what eternauta3k probably meant: In modern physics, there is a kind of consensus that asking “why” has often been inappropriate or even misleading and should be therefore left to philosophers. The real questions are: Does our current model describe all observations? If not, can we find a model that does? And, even better, can that new model make predictions that we can verify?
- mensetmanusman 1y agoNewton’s title has philosophy in it. It’s probably a modern error to separate all the fields and ignore philosophy when doing science etc and vice versa.
- thaumasiotes 1y ago> The real questions are: Does our current model describe all observations? If not, can we find a model that does? And, even better, can that new model make predictions that we can verify? But every prediction your model can make comes from a "why" question that the model answers.