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September 14th 04
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Relativity, Scepticism and Humility in Science
Eric Gisse wrote:
On 13 Sep 2004 13:59:39 -0700, (Mike Helland) wrote: 4. Argue that the inclusion of space and time as dimensions, even if they are relative to the observer, is problematic ...then everyone else laughs at then ignores you for being unable to explain how spatial and temporal dimensions cause problems. Our goal is to explain nature as accurately as possible and our explanation assumes there are line-like continuums for space and time. If there are no line-like continuums in nature, and our use of them is an error, then our picture of nature will not be accurate. It will describe parts of nature incompletely, and it will describe things that are not apart of nature. It will be wrong. Our current scientific understanding of quantum mechanics and relativity represents this exact sort of situation. There is a competition between the discrete and the continuous in our theories. The suggestion that this conflict is a result of errornous assumptions about the mechanisms of space and time should be taken seriouslly. The suggestion that eliminating continuums of space and time may lead to a new understanding of relativity and quantum mechanics should at least be examined. http://www.techmocracy.net/science/time.htm 
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