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From: eric gisse on 12 Jul 2010 13:17
Robert L. Oldershaw wrote:

> On Jul 12, 2:41 am, eric gisse <jowr.pi.nos...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Right now I'm quite happy with my general policy of spending my commute
>> times reading publications in addition to the time I spend at a library.
>> If/when I find something I can extend or improve in a meaningful way,
>> I'll try to get something published. But it isn't a personal priority for
>> me.
> --------------------------------
>
> Idle boasting of a dilettante.

Since you probably don't read much in the way of technical literature, I
guess you would see a simple statement like that as 'boasting'.
From: Robert L. Oldershaw on 13 Jul 2010 00:27
On Jul 12, 8:45 pm, Tom Roberts <tjroberts...(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>         A theory is timeless, once discovered. That is, the set of theorems
>         and the meanings of the symbols in them have no historical limitations.
----------------------------------------

Your version of science is very Platonic, as expected.

Are you going to claim that General Relativity has not evolved since
1915! Ridiculous! That Quantum Mechanics has not changed since 1926!
Give us a break!

No theory is "timeless" because (1) they all evolve with time, and (2)
all theories have their heyday and then are eventually superseded by
more sophisticated and more encompassing theories.

I think you came up a little short on this issue Tom.

You may be well-versed in conventional mathematical physics, but when
it comes to the philosophy of science, you are a simple Platonist.

RLO
www.amherst.edu/~rloldershaw
From: eric gisse on 13 Jul 2010 01:57
Robert L. Oldershaw wrote:

> On Jul 12, 8:45 pm, Tom Roberts <tjroberts...(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>
>> A theory is timeless, once discovered. That is, the set of theorems
>> and the meanings of the symbols in them have no historical limitations.
> ----------------------------------------
>
> Your version of science is very Platonic, as expected.
>
> Are you going to claim that General Relativity has not evolved since
> 1915! Ridiculous!

The field equations of general relativity have not changed since they were
published in 1916.

> That Quantum Mechanics has not changed since 1926!
> Give us a break!

Schroedinger's equation hasn't changed since it was first published. Dirac's
equation hasn't changed since it was first published.

The understanding of them has significantly improved but the equations are
the same as the day they were written down.

>
> No theory is "timeless" because (1) they all evolve with time, and (2)
> all theories have their heyday and then are eventually superseded by
> more sophisticated and more encompassing theories.
>
> I think you came up a little short on this issue Tom.
>
> You may be well-versed in conventional mathematical physics, but when
> it comes to the philosophy of science, you are a simple Platonist.

Let us compare methods. Can you predict the spectrum of the Hydrogen atom?

>
> RLO
> www.amherst.edu/~rloldershaw

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