[rollei_list] Re: ...was Avedon OT Time
- From: Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 16:41:56 -0500
> In fact, there is no _absolute_ definition of any of the physical
> fundamental quantities, not space or time. We know something about their
> apparent interaction and have mathematical models of some of them, but we
> don't really know what they are. It may well be that human intelligence is
> in some way limited to the point where such things are beyond us and we are
> reduced to mysticism to explain or attempt to understand them. The need for
> explanation seems to be in some way fundamental to human intelligence. That
> can lead us astray because we often make up explanations where there are
> none.
>
> --
> Richard Knoppow
> Los Angeles, CA, USA
> dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
A pretty concise statement of the history of science. In cultural and
artistic realms, we make no bones about "knowing" anything. Science...
not so much.
Eric Goldstein
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