Re: Things Formulaic

"Al" <almond@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote ...

> As physicists only seem to be able to communicate in mathematical terms I
> thought you might be interested in this equation?

If physicists can only communicate in mathematical terms, it seems you
wouldn't try to communicate with them using nonmathematical terms. Yet, you
do!

> N = N* fp ne fl fi fc fL It's the Drake equation and possibly the most
> discussed of recent times. Not one of the variables can be given a value.
> Even N* is uncertain as the number of stars in our galaxy is an estimate.

This utterance speaks volumes about your misunderstanding. The value of
EVERY variable in EVERY equation is uncertain. Understanding this is part
of every physicist's basic training. Misunderstanding this is common among
people who haven't bothered to initiate themselves.

> I watched a TV program recently in which the progress of economists over
> the
> last few decades was discussed. They use similar formulas and all have
> failed, without exception. The question is, Why do they fail? The answer
> is
> that, contrary to scientific thought; there are some things in this world
> that do not lend themselves to scientific dismemberment or repeatability.

That failure is not contrary to scientific thought. It is contrary to your
perception of what scientific thought IS.

> This is an axiom. Until this is understood, science will continue to try
> to
> dehumanise the rest of us.

Until this is understood by you, you will continue to think that science is
somehow inhumane.

> The idea that only subjects that have been given
> the OK by science are acceptable is narrow minded and dishonest.

I agree. And yet you labor under this misconception, believing it to be
true!

> The utterance that exceptional claims require exceptional evidence
> is only used in reference to no-scientific paradigm ideas.

No, it isn't.



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