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Re: The purpose of science

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The Starmaker wrote:
> 
> The Starmaker wrote:
> >
> > 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.
> 
> Let me give you another example closer to home...
> 
> A Sundial's surface has 'markings'. As our Sun moves across the sky, a
> shadow is cast on these markings. The Sun does not display...numbers.


When our Sun casts a shadow and uses our earth's surface as a 'measuring
device'...

the earth doesn't display...numbers.


If it is 12 o'clock high, where is the clock?







-- 
The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable,
to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable, 
and challenge the unchallengeable.

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