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From: The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com>
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Subject: Re: Theory determines what we observe. --Albert Einstein
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2025 09:33:59 -0700
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The Starmaker wrote:
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> The Starmaker wrote:
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> > The Starmaker wrote:
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> > > The Starmaker wrote:
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> > > > The Starmaker wrote:
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> > > > > "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'.
> > >
> > > In other words, your theories are theories you read 'into' nature rather
> > > than read it out of nature.
> > >
> > > In other words, YOU JUST FUCKING MADE IT UP!!!!
> >
> > Here is another example of 'reading your theoriess into nature'...
> >
> > Albert Einstein said: "The most incomprehensible thing about the world
> > is that it is comprehensible".
> >
> > The "comprehensible" is another word for...'reading your theoriess into
> > nature'.
> >
> > So, Einstein gots his quote backwards. It should read: "The most
> > comprehensible thing about the world is that it is incomprehensible".
> >
> > Or: "The more the universe seems comprehensible, the more it also seems
> > pointless." -- Steven Weinberg.
> 

In other words, "pointless" means the same thing as.."incomprehensible".








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