Guest guest Posted September 17, 2005 Report Share Posted September 17, 2005 On Sep 17, 2005, at 9:43 AM, Pete S wrote: > Science is the art of discovering the unknown and the true. > I said the art because the greatest discoveries of science > had come as much from intuition and improvisation as > from method. If we accept the above, then, we must see > that the work of science will never end. If the universe is > infinite, then the unknown must be so too, and the > knowledge of ultimate truth must always scape us. > > > Our best physicist (I consider Physics the branch of > science which carries that old torch of human curiosity > religion used to carried. You know the one I mean, the > torch about how all of it began and whom or what is the > culprit for this mess.) The best high priests of physics > now admit the whole truth, the ultimate explanation > of the universe, " the theory of everything " might well be > an unattainable dream. Godel's theorem seems to indicate > so. If you are reading this, probably you are familiar with it, > but I will repeat it here in its must simple rendition: " A > finite system of axioms can not prove every result in > mathematics. " > > If you think this only applies to mathematics, think again! > There can't be any Physics without mathematics. Math > might well be the backbone of reality. But what the > theorem really means is that any validation system can not > validate itself, so we'll always need a more complex system > at infinitum. > > Are you getting my point? This is not only about math, or physics, > it is about language too. No statement can testify about it's own > veracity. Take the statement: " This statement is false. " Do you > see the obvious contradiction? If the statement is correct, then > it is true. But of course, the above phrase is a verbal trick. A > sentence can't neither be false, nor true. Only its referent can > be valid or invalid, and the sentence " this statement is false " > is empty of any content, but its own pretended falsity. The same > will applied if the statement was: " this statement is true. " > > So if we can't know the whole truth, where does that leave us? > Well, maybe if " we " stay really quiet and attentive, " we " can > feel " we " are " it.' " > > Pete > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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