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With physics it is even worse. It takes a lot of metaphysics (philosophy) to accept that we can't deal with 'reality' (whatever it means). We only have experiments, and theories fitting them. So the whole 'real', and 'right' is a kind of alarm bell, since these are just out of physics.russ_watters said:I'm an engineer and I recognize that nothing I calculate or measure is exact.
If you have only experiments, then how can you decide which theory is 'right' if you can't support the distinction (within a range) with experimental data?
Nice - it works. Works - fine. Limited - very good. Useful - even better! Practical - hooray for it!
Right - now, that's very-very suspicious...