Re: The Origin of The Universe / S D Rodrian

From: robert j. kolker (nowhere_at_nowhere.net)
Date: 02/01/05 

Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2005 07:18:28 -0500

SDR wrote:
>
> The scientist is forever in a quest to understand, and once he
> understands... either he explains what he understands, or he is
> no better than the would-be magician in anybody's opinion.
> [Hope this helps.] Is this really so difficult to grasp?

THe proper quest of pohysicists is to -predict- quantitatively what will
be measured in an experiment under specified conditions. The predictions
are the product of a theory or model. The physicist understands his
model (after all he constructed it). He only knows the surface of reality.

Bob Kolker

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