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| From | Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | sci.physics.relativity |
| Subject | Re: Common sense and Great Guru |
| Date | 2017-05-04 16:44 -0500 |
| Organization | Aioe.org NNTP Server |
| Message-ID | <oeg7cl$1r66$1@gioia.aioe.org> (permalink) |
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On 5/4/17 4:39 PM, mlwozniak@wp.pl wrote: > W dniu czwartek, 4 maja 2017 21:41:49 UTC+2 użytkownik Odd Bodkin napisał: >> On 5/4/17 2:31 PM, mlwozniak@wp.pl wrote: >>> W dniu czwartek, 4 maja 2017 19:13:44 UTC+2 użytkownik Odd Bodkin napisał: >>> >>>> Physical laws are very useful. The symmetry of those laws is also very >>>> useful. >>>> Why do you think that having universally synchronized clocks is MORE >>>> useful than this? >>> >>> We can easily test it. >>> Let's unsynchronize the clocks of GPS. Let them >>> count their local, proper time on their own, >>> just like your guru said clocks should... >>> Let's see how useful your symmetry is for real. >>> Will we? >> >> It would be very useful. I don't know why you think the symmetry of laws >> of physics is not useful. > > Ok. It would be useful... > And why isn't it applied? Because good engineers have more than one way to accomplish a task. Some engineers do not build in a correction into a design and then handle the correction outside the design. Some build it into the design. > > >>> Well, you're outdated. Laws of physics WERE useful. >>> It happens that usefulness is ruled by the common >>> sense, this set of prejudices. >> >> What makes you believe that usefulness is ruled by common sense? > > I'm an engineer. We know about usefulness. So do I. I am a craftsman. I don't believe that engineers have a monopoly on understanding usefulness. Nor do I believe that what some engineer might say is useful is to be taken as gospel, especially if the only thing they have to say in defense of their position is, "I'm an engineer, trust me on what I say is useful." So again, do you have a particular rationale for believing that usefulness is ruled by common sense? Or is that just a personal opinion? -- Odd Bodkin -- maker of fine toys, tools, tables
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Common sense and Great Guru mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2017-05-03 23:33 -0700
Re: Common sense and Great Guru Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2017-05-04 10:04 -0500
Re: Common sense and Great Guru mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2017-05-04 08:54 -0700
Re: Common sense and Great Guru Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2017-05-04 12:13 -0500
Re: Common sense and Great Guru mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2017-05-04 12:31 -0700
Re: Common sense and Great Guru Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2017-05-04 14:41 -0500
Re: Common sense and Great Guru mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2017-05-04 14:39 -0700
Re: Common sense and Great Guru Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2017-05-04 16:44 -0500
Re: Common sense and Great Guru mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2017-05-04 14:58 -0700
Re: Common sense and Great Guru Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2017-05-04 17:16 -0500
Re: Common sense and Great Guru mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2017-05-04 23:00 -0700
Re: Common sense and Great Guru Gary Harnagel <hitlong@yahoo.com> - 2017-05-05 04:16 -0700
Re: Common sense and Great Guru Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2017-05-05 08:59 -0500
Re: Common sense and Great Guru mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2017-05-05 08:09 -0700
Re: Common sense and Great Guru Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2017-05-05 13:05 -0500
Re: Common sense and Great Guru mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2017-05-05 22:00 -0700
Re: Common sense and Great Guru Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2017-05-06 06:09 -0500
Re: Common sense and Great Guru mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2017-05-06 08:22 -0700
Re: Common sense and Great Guru Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2017-05-06 14:33 -0500
Re: Common sense and Great Guru mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2017-05-06 13:55 -0700
Re: Common sense and Great Guru Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2017-05-06 16:05 -0500
Re: Common sense and Great Guru mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2017-05-06 14:22 -0700
Re: Common sense and Great Guru Python <python@example.invalid> - 2017-05-07 11:45 +0200
Re: Common sense and Great Guru mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2017-05-07 04:54 -0700
Re: Common sense and Great Guru Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2017-05-08 10:40 -0500
Re: Common sense and Great Guru mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2017-05-08 09:19 -0700
Re: Common sense and Great Guru Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2017-05-08 12:05 -0500
Re: Common sense and Great Guru mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2017-05-08 10:25 -0700
Re: Common sense and Great Guru Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2017-05-08 15:14 -0500
Re: Common sense and Great Guru mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2017-05-08 20:21 -0700
Re: Common sense and Great Guru Gary Harnagel <hitlong@yahoo.com> - 2017-05-09 03:51 -0700
Re: Common sense and Great Guru Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2017-05-09 07:46 -0500
Re: Common sense and Great Guru mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2017-05-09 06:06 -0700
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