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I have seen a photo of an electron. The link above is one of many
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On 12/23/2011 8:44 AM, Gerry Quinn wrote:
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> > You're overlooking reproducible results.
Preindustrial crop hexings are<br>
> > not reproducible by witches, while electrons are
tamed well enough that<br>
> > we can reproduce Zeus-strength lightning as
necessary and prevent it from<br>
> > striking houses when it occurs naturally.<br>
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> It may be so, but we could do much of that with
classical science. 'Our <br>
> Theory of Gravitation is as good as perfect',
ironical or not, was written <br>
> in the first half of the 19th century. 'We' got to
the Moon without the <br>
> fancy computers and mobile communications of today.
Current science may be <br>
> impresssive in comparison to that of just a few
decades ago, but it doesn't <br>
> follow that it has a technological import of the same
magnitude. At the end <br>
> of the day, it works better than praying to Zeus, but
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classical physics *is* part of modern science. Our
understanding is deeper now, but we still use Newtonian
gravity over 99% of the time because the equations are
simpler and it’s more than accurate enough for most
purposes. The same applies to Newtonian dynamics; 99% of
the time you don’t have to care about relativistic mass
increase with velocity. A million years from now,
Newtonian gravity will still be applicable if there are
humans on Earth. [Newton himself knew, by the way, that
his theory wasn’t quite there – he accepted instantaneous
action at a distance most reluctantly because he could
find no way around it. That’s been fixed now, though
general relativity is still under persistent challenge
(even special relativity is under an unusual degree of
challenge at the moment from these neutrino experiments).
If GR is superseded, it will still be useful in many
domains though, because it’s a safe bet that the equations
of the more accurate theory will be even harder.]</div>
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common man, it's a matter of having access to services. <br>
> This is a matter in which I find myself in complete
agreement with Lee - <br>
> '[y]ou have never seen an electron and you have not
done original research <br>
> on the subject', '[e]lectricity seems to work so you
believe the experts who <br>
> tell you how it works' express very well my own view
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don’t just tell me how it works, they produce extensive
and consistent mathematical models covering a wide range
of domains and invite me to pick holes in them, or carry
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