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Even physics an approximation of reality
Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2020 10:06 pm
by bahman
There are error bars everywhere, even in the smallest scale we have reached.
Re: Even physics an approximation of reality
Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2020 11:25 pm
by Skepdick
Truth is much too complicated to allow anything but approximations. --John von Neumann
Re: Even physics an approximation of reality
Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2020 12:24 am
by surreptitious57
bahman wrote:
There are error bars everywhere even in the smallest scale we have reached
There will always be error bars although science becomes less wrong over time
But absolute knowledge can never be obtained due to the problem of induction
Re: Even physics an approximation of reality
Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2020 1:49 am
by Impenitent
do error bars serve the wrong drink?
-Imp
Re: Even physics an approximation of reality
Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2020 11:14 am
by Skepdick
Also, mandatory xkcd.
https://xkcd.com/2110/