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Re: Uncertainty is why science can never know exactly

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On 21-Mar-23 11:25 am, mitchr...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Monday, March 20, 2023 at 11:31:08 AM UTC-7, Jim Pennino wrote:
>> mitchr...@gmail.com <mitchr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> QM in its central principle shows how
>>> uncertain science has been. Einstein
>>> knew QM would take a correction...
>>> How can we get anywhere if
>>> measurements are so uncertain?
>>> And he had a God. God was his God.
>>> Personal and impersonal.
>>>
>>> Mitchell Raemsch
>> The measured value of the gravitational constant, which is one of the
>> most difficult values to measure, has a current uncertainty of 46 parts
>> per million or 0.0046%.
> 
> Doesnt science need to know that constant exact before you could
> predict how close to certain it is.

Why would you think that? Get out a metre rule and measure the height of 
your desk. You know the result isn't exact, so you don't know the 
precise height of your desk. But you can still look at the scale of your 
metre rule and conclude that you know the desk height to within a 
millimetre, or about 1 part in 750.
> 
> The uncertainty principle of QM shows how
> uncertain science has been. 

The uncertainty principle relates to how the universe itself works, not 
to our inability to measure it precisely.

Sylvia.

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Uncertainty is why science can never know exactly "mitchr...@gmail.com" <mitchrae3323@gmail.com> - 2023-03-20 10:56 -0700
  Re: Uncertainty is why science can never know exactly Jim Pennino <jimp@gonzo.specsol.net> - 2023-03-20 11:17 -0700
    Re: Uncertainty is why science can never know exactly "mitchr...@gmail.com" <mitchrae3323@gmail.com> - 2023-03-20 17:25 -0700
      Re: Uncertainty is why science can never know exactly Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> - 2023-03-21 13:12 +1100
        Re: Uncertainty is why science can never know exactly "mitchr...@gmail.com" <mitchrae3323@gmail.com> - 2023-03-20 19:43 -0700
        Re: Uncertainty is why science can never know exactly The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2023-03-20 19:45 -0700
          Re: Uncertainty is why science can never know exactly "mitchr...@gmail.com" <mitchrae3323@gmail.com> - 2023-03-20 19:47 -0700
          Re: Uncertainty is why science can never know exactly The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2023-03-22 10:28 -0700
            Re: Uncertainty is why science can never know exactly "mitchr...@gmail.com" <mitchrae3323@gmail.com> - 2023-03-22 10:41 -0700
              Re: Uncertainty is why science can never know exactly Jim Pennino <jimp@gonzo.specsol.net> - 2023-03-22 11:24 -0700
                Re: Uncertainty is why science can never know exactly "mitchr...@gmail.com" <mitchrae3323@gmail.com> - 2023-03-22 11:43 -0700
                Re: Uncertainty is why science can never know exactly Jim Pennino <jimp@gonzo.specsol.net> - 2023-03-22 11:52 -0700
                Re: Uncertainty is why science can never know exactly "mitchr...@gmail.com" <mitchrae3323@gmail.com> - 2023-03-22 12:06 -0700
                Re: Uncertainty is why science can never know exactly Jim Pennino <jimp@gonzo.specsol.net> - 2023-03-22 13:46 -0700
                Re: Uncertainty is why science can never know exactly "mitchr...@gmail.com" <mitchrae3323@gmail.com> - 2023-03-22 16:05 -0700
                Re: Uncertainty is why science can never know exactly Jim Pennino <jimp@gonzo.specsol.net> - 2023-03-22 18:11 -0700
                Re: Uncertainty is why science can never know exactly The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2023-03-22 16:13 -0700
                Re: Uncertainty is why science can never know exactly "mitchr...@gmail.com" <mitchrae3323@gmail.com> - 2023-03-22 16:19 -0700
                Re: Uncertainty is why science can never know exactly Jim Pennino <jimp@gonzo.specsol.net> - 2023-03-22 18:12 -0700
      Re: Uncertainty is why science can never know exactly Jim Pennino <jimp@gonzo.specsol.net> - 2023-03-20 20:43 -0700

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