Why is there something rather than nothing? (Humans)

by Balance_Maintained , U.S.A., Monday, April 04, 2011, 05:20 (4779 days ago) @ David Turell


> > If our most "objective" tool is based upon "making the strongest case," then it stands to reason science rests more on rhetoric than we would like to admit. 
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> > An experiment necessarily works only under certain circumstances... not always the same circumstances as what happens "in the wild." 
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> > To answer your question to Balance more fully: Everything is subjective. My "Precious few truths of science" incarnate.
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> All of this is fine, but all progress depends upon what we accept as reality and truth in science, or we would still be riding on or behind horses. It is best to stay at a world view practical level. The rest is navel-gazing arguments about the angels and the pin head.-Bah.. the greatest inventions in history spawned from just such naval gazing. To move from the caloric to the ether to friction to particulate excitation as the source for heat involved people daring to question the 'reality' of their age. 60 years ago super computers would have been impractical, 50 years ago home computers were impractical, 40 years ago the internet was impractical, 30 years ago the world wide web was impractical, 20 years ago 32-bit processing was impractical, etc etc etc.. if you stay in the 'practical' you stagnate. History is made by those that dare to dream. (sorry for the little rant)