Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: The Starmaker Newsgroups: sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics Subject: Re: Theory determines what we observe. --Albert Einstein Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2025 06:48:07 -0700 Organization: The Starmaker Organization Lines: 30 Message-ID: <68079E17.2BF5@ix.netcom.com> References: <68049149.3982@ix.netcom.com> Reply-To: starmaker@ix.netcom.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2025 15:48:10 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="3e4838d6583eb2c047f37e430f90babe"; logging-data="730615"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/EzlgYRvSK9yTkS1XdY62OVImeU0V01DI=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:nwsWWsnH1nPb4W7XgkFBZQ+kiHM= X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (WinNT; U) X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 250422-2, 04/22/2025), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Xref: csiph.com sci.physics.relativity:662989 sci.physics:892540 The Starmaker wrote: > > "Theory determines what we observe." --Albert Einstein > > "Physics and Reality" (1936) – an essay published in the Journal of the > Franklin Institute. > In it, Einstein says: > "Whether you can observe a thing or not depends on the theory which you > use. It is the theory which decides what can be observed." > > Now, let me explain what are one of the things that could mean... > > LSD determines what we observe. > > It is the Purple Haze which decides what can be observed. Orange Sunshine? "Theory determines what we observe." --Albert Einstein That means, all your theories are just...what You 'read into it'. -- The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable, to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable, and challenge the unchallengeable.