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Articles like these are great reminders to question everything you think you know.

guard-of-terra 11y ago
I find this "new age" mentality annoying. Yes there are things we don't know, but we should try to come up with precise questions, not to ponder about the meaning of black holes in philosophical way. Start small, figure things out.
- joelrunyon 11y ago
  It's not really a new age mentality at all (I wouldn't classify myself as that at all). If anything, it's a strictly scientific mindset. It's more of a reminder to think that even when we start to understand some incredible things, there's still a TON out there we DON'T know. I think that's where the cool revelations come in, when you start to understand how much out there you don't know much about. That's where the wonder starts (which tends to bring up some of those specific questions).
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  - guard-of-terra 11y ago
    If you read comments to this article, it's hard to not notice that most commenters discuss angels dancing on the head of a pin.
    - golgappi 11y ago
      What's wrong with imagination, hypothesis and a simple analogy that can reach out to the masses? One might argue that your approach to science as only a set of facts based on formula is boring at best. One needs to ponder the meaning behind the formula and results. Yes, we got a number, but what is the implication of it? After all, doesn't science exist to satisfy our curiosity about the world in the first place?
      - guard-of-terra 11y ago
        Because now we have infinitely many imaginary hypotheses, and we can't resolve their differences since we have not enough facts, and ones that are ornate and humane tend to capture most attention. But universe is made with inhumane ways, it's complex where it's not expected and it's simple where we expect more. It's never intuitive. It's a blind alley. Doesn't help us find the exit from labyrinth.
- entelechy0 11y ago
  > "Yes there are things we don't know, but we should try to come up with precise questions, not to ponder about the meaning of black holes in philosophical way." This, itself, is a very philosophical suggestion.
yarou 11y ago
They are also useful in questioning the validity of what the author has written.
- joelrunyon 11y ago
  The entire article basically said "what happens? we don't know. here's a few possibilities." It's hypothesis used as a way to explain what potentially might be happening.
return0 11y ago
mostly they are a reminder that it's GR's 100th anniversary

I find this "new age" mentality annoying. Yes there are things we don't know, but we should try to come up with precise questions, not to ponder about the meaning of black holes in philosophical way. Start small, figure things out.

joelrunyon 11y ago
It's not really a new age mentality at all (I wouldn't classify myself as that at all). If anything, it's a strictly scientific mindset. It's more of a reminder to think that even when we start to understand some incredible things, there's still a TON out there we DON'T know. I think that's where the cool revelations come in, when you start to understand how much out there you don't know much about. That's where the wonder starts (which tends to bring up some of those specific questions).
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- guard-of-terra 11y ago
  If you read comments to this article, it's hard to not notice that most commenters discuss angels dancing on the head of a pin.
  - golgappi 11y ago
    What's wrong with imagination, hypothesis and a simple analogy that can reach out to the masses? One might argue that your approach to science as only a set of facts based on formula is boring at best. One needs to ponder the meaning behind the formula and results. Yes, we got a number, but what is the implication of it? After all, doesn't science exist to satisfy our curiosity about the world in the first place?
    - guard-of-terra 11y ago
      Because now we have infinitely many imaginary hypotheses, and we can't resolve their differences since we have not enough facts, and ones that are ornate and humane tend to capture most attention. But universe is made with inhumane ways, it's complex where it's not expected and it's simple where we expect more. It's never intuitive. It's a blind alley. Doesn't help us find the exit from labyrinth.
entelechy0 11y ago
> "Yes there are things we don't know, but we should try to come up with precise questions, not to ponder about the meaning of black holes in philosophical way." This, itself, is a very philosophical suggestion.

yarou 11y ago

They are also useful in questioning the validity of what the author has written.

joelrunyon 11y ago
The entire article basically said "what happens? we don't know. here's a few possibilities." It's hypothesis used as a way to explain what potentially might be happening.

return0 11y ago

mostly they are a reminder that it's GR's 100th anniversary