Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!newsfeed.bofh.team!paganini.bofh.team!not-for-mail From: The Starmaker Newsgroups: sci.physics.relativity Subject: Re: The purpose of science Date: Sun, 07 Jul 2024 14:51:42 -0700 Organization: To protect and to server Message-ID: <668B0DEE.1703@ix.netcom.com> References: <17dea0394e40408e$988$505029$c2365abb@news.newsdemon.com> <66887E6B.397@ix.netcom.com> <17df879faf8c6f0a$657$505029$c2365abb@news.newsdemon.com> <17df8d2de8223cb2$404$505064$c2265aab@news.newsdemon.com> <17dfe1ed3b8cfcab$313$506977$c2065a8b@news.newsdemon.com> <668AD032.15DE@ix.netcom.com> <17e002f734f53bd4$316$506977$c2065a8b@news.newsdemon.com> <668AECC9.BAE@ix.netcom.com> <17e007431ff9c1c1$317$506977$c2065a8b@news.newsdemon.com> Reply-To: starmaker@ix.netcom.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: paganini.bofh.team; logging-data="111197"; posting-host="nLYg9UBeoMWa070gP9wQcw.user.paganini.bofh.team"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@bofh.team"; posting-account="9dIQLXBM7WM9KzA+yjdR4A"; X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.9.3 X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 240707-2, 07/07/2024), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (WinNT; U) Xref: csiph.com sci.physics.relativity:654714 Maciej Wozniak wrote: > > W dniu 07.07.2024 o 21:30, The Starmaker pisze: > > Maciej Wozniak wrote: > >> > >> W dniu 07.07.2024 o 19:28, The Starmaker pisze: > >>> Maciej Wozniak wrote: > >>>> > >>>> W dniu 07.07.2024 o 10:15, Thomas Heger pisze: > >>>>> Am Samstag000006, 06.07.2024 um 08:53 schrieb Maciej Wozniak: > >>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> if the universe does not have a purpose, why does science thinks > >>>>>>>>>> it has > >>>>>>>>>> a purpose? > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> Well, maybe there is a purpose maybe not. > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> This is a difficult question, but not really for physics. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> For sure, physics is too primitive for serious > >>>>>>>> subjects. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> No, not quite. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Quite. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> But how would you, for instance, measure 'purpose'? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Sometimes it's necessary to use brain and > >>>>>> think, making measurements can't substitute > >>>>>> that. Surprise? > >>>>> > >>>>> well, yes, but your brain is not exactly what I would call 'measuring > >>>>> device'. > >>>> > >>>> Good. You shouldn't call it "measuring device", > >>>> because it is not. > >>>> > >>>> And, well, worshipping measuring devices is > >>>> stupid. Of course, people worshipping measuring > >>>> devices can't know it is stupid, because their > >>>> measuring devices can't measure stupidity. > >>>> > >>>> Actually, dealing with any serious, advanced > >>>> terms is out of the range of measuring devices, > >>>> physics and exact sciences in general. They're > >>>> too primitive for that. > >>> > >>> The earth is at an exact distance from our sun. > >>> > >>> any closer it would burn up > >>> any farther it would freeze. > >>> > >>> Doesn't that take some 'measuring device' to keep it just right???? > >> > >> No. All a measuring device can do is > >> to display a number. > > > > > > If you happen to have a ruler, you will notice besides human numbers, > > but 'increments'...a mark, different degrees. > > > > > > God doesn't use numbers. God uses a knob with marks on it, he turns the > > knob to a certain degee until it reaches the mark. > > > > It doesn't display a number. > > So it is not a measuring device. Measurement > is generating a number. You wrote: "measuring", not Measurement...measuring is a unit, or a 'system' of measuring. habla espanol? -- The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable, to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable, and challenge the unchallengeable.