Re: Epistemology 201: The Science of Science

From: Wolf Kirchmeir (wwolfkir_at_sympatico.ca)
Date: 03/10/05 

Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 12:37:34 -0500

Albert Wagner wrote:
> AlphaOmega wrote:
>
>> "Albert Wagner" <albertwagner@cox.net> wrote in message
>> news:zMZXd.6283$Fy.2573@okepread04...
>> the matter(sic!)
>>
>>> And wise scientists and laypersons are already questioning the
>>> endless proliferation of invented particles and forces for which no
>>> explanation can be given, other than: "It was needed to make the math
>>> work."
>>
>>
>> You certainly aren't a physicist - right?
>
>
> Right. Have I committed heresy in the presence of the High Priests?
>
>> Even lay persons familiar with the standard model know it is
>> wonderfully predictive and elegantly structured.
>
>
> I am a lay person familiar with the standard model and I don't consider
> it to be much more that a patchwork of mathematical theory and unproven
> assumptions foisted off on the unsuspecting public as Scientific Fact.

"High Priests", "patchwork of mathematical theory", "unproven
assumptions", "foisted off on the unsuspecting public"

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