tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post4796243398067769751..comments2024-03-29T13:25:33.439+00:00Comments on A K Haart: Dark times at the multiversityA K Haarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-51313119552609463892011-06-23T15:27:57.951+01:002011-06-23T15:27:57.951+01:00D - if the physicists are right (which they obviou...D - if the physicists are right (which they obviously aren't) then there will be an infinite number of Earths run by people even less sensible than our lot. Aargh!A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-3997210857863467832011-06-23T15:11:44.916+01:002011-06-23T15:11:44.916+01:00I've always liked the idea of multiple univers...I've always liked the idea of multiple universes, especially the thought that there might be Earth run by sensible people out there somewhere.Demetriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-10708611673865121712011-06-23T12:35:06.133+01:002011-06-23T12:35:06.133+01:00JH - as I see it, the realm of metaphysics is wher...JH - as I see it, the realm of metaphysics is where we have our ideas, whatever they may be, wherever they may take us. They are our framing concepts, the ones we can't prove, but then again we don't have to because we'd end up in an infinite regress. The concept of metaphysics is itself a framing concept.<br /><br />If metaphysical ideas are supposed to be scientific, then at some point they have to be kicked out of metaphysical realm in order to be physically tested. They aren't really framing concepts, they are just early-stage theories about the physical world.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-49354883566026387872011-06-23T11:55:22.630+01:002011-06-23T11:55:22.630+01:00Same old same old, AKH:
are not testable experime...Same old same old, AKH:<br /><br />are not testable experimentally<br /><br />So anything not testable experimentally, as in the lab or field, is in the realm of metaphysics and therefore not true, despite all that's been shown in recent days elsewhere that it could very well be true.<br /><br />Is this an open or closed mind? And what about astronomy, where data from telescopes leads to conjecture about "most likely scenarios"?<br /><br />Do "most likely scenarios" have no place in your Science?James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-16822512279676275902011-06-23T11:10:00.061+01:002011-06-23T11:10:00.061+01:00I'll give it a go. I used to work with Michael...I'll give it a go. I used to work with Michael Frayn's cousin. It's the closest I ever came to a kind of celeb!A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-12097336799923566262011-06-23T09:12:43.256+01:002011-06-23T09:12:43.256+01:00Let me recommend Michael Frayn's superb book &...Let me recommend Michael Frayn's superb book "The Human Touch" which I just know is 'right up your strasse'! In it he rather rubbishes the multi-universe theory but does allow that it might explain the missing sock conundrum. You know, you put all your dirty pairs of socks in the washing machine but somehow when you come to pair them off again later one is missing. Obviously it is in the next universe - down the corridor on the right!<br /><br />Seriously, Frayn's book is tremendously good.David Duffhttp://duffandnonsense.typepad.com/noreply@blogger.com