If you read the intellectual biographical recollections of Heisenberg (or Schrödinger, or Einstein) you'll find that there are lots of philosophical and other a priori considerations that grounded their theoretical innovations. — Pierre-Normand
If you read the intellectual biographical recollections of Heisenberg (or Schrödinger, or Einstein) you'll find that there are lots of philosophical and other a priori considerations that grounded their theoretical innovations. — Pierre-Normand
Many are now still convinced that quantum theories and the Heisenberg uncertainty principle are 'discoveries of the way the world really is.' But they are not. — ernestm
Those who dismiss domains of mind, independent of matter, have already dismissed much that can be explained. — ernestm
The many-worlds Interpretation is one that many materialists favor, but it comes with a steep price. — Adam Frank
That price being, a proliferation of universes. It's a case of a desperate problem calling for a desparate solution, as far as I am concerned. — Wayfarer
According to you, I can't know any no more than you do, because you understand everything perfectly. So whatever I say you will say is wrong, probably including this statement. — ernestm
You were the one who said you understand everything, — ernestm
and as an axiomatic system is consistent only if incomplete, according to the best of current thought on the topic, you must have a solution to it we don't know — ernestm
So I request your paper on it a second time, and excuse me but I have less entertaining things to do. — ernestm
You were the one who said you understand everything,
— ernestm
You are lying. — tom
it is proved that reality is perfectly comprehensible. — tom
So, if reality is perfectly comprehensible, then surely you must understand everything, mustn't you? Doesn't the first entail the second? — Wayfarer
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