[ExI] teachers

efc at swisscows.email efc at swisscows.email
Mon Sep 25 21:30:13 UTC 2023


> It appears that it was something you said in an e-mail from you from 12 days ago (Sept 12) in this same thread. The following is the
> full quote/context:
>
>       "Because if its a theory, that posits something we can never, in this
> life or this world, confirm, I do not see how they can ever be proven.
> It's the same situation as god. If its a being, and unmoved mover, that
> by definition is outside our world, and doesn't affect it in any way,
> its kind of a pointless theory which does not affect me, and also, by
> definition, can never be proven since it forever exists outside this
> world.
> 
>
>       There is a difference here however, and I fully acknowledge that
> difference. If, and only if, an experiment is devised, that does gather
> uncontroversial proof of something outside this world, (but I do not see
> how this could ever be) then of course the scientific community will
> change its mind, and so would I.
> 
>
>       I do warn however, that since I am not a theoretical physicist, I will
> change my mind much later when someone has managed to translate the
> finding and the equation into something I can understand. ;)" 
> 
> I apologize for attributing this quote to you if this was not something you wrote.
> Jason

No worries! This was something I found on another list and thought it
could be useful here.

Best regards, 
Daniel


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