Re: Is time dilation real?

"Spaceman" <Realspace@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:qLednRGLzuA_bEreRVn-rQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> "Greg Neill" <gneillREM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> | Physics models *how* the apple falls, not *why*.
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> No,
> That is math.
> You truly are lost.
> you should forget this because you will never find physical causes.
> when all you want to do is find out how an apple would fall.
> That is mere prediction and never will show the why of science.
> If you truly think science is not the 'why'.

*You* think that physics is about the "why". That is
your *opinion* and is not fact. Ask any practicing
physicist and he'll tell you that physics is about the
*how*, not the *why*. If you insist on forcing your
definitions on things, then you are bound to forever
be disappointed.

> You should leave science completely for you are lost in
> never finding out a why something happened.
> and that is what science is about no matter how much of the 'how'
> predictions you make come true.

If you want to know "why", ask a philosopher. There is
no final reduction of anything that you can point to and
say "that is why". You can always ask "why is it that
way", no matter how far down the path you go. Eventually
all roads must lead to a philosophic answer, not a physical
one.

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> physics is about the physical interaction and causes of effects.
> not the mathematical predictions of effects only.

No. That's your desired definition of physics. It's
unfortunate that the reality doesn't match your
expectations, but that's life.


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