[MD] Science and the MOQ

[craigerb at comcast.net]

[Krimel]> The conscious germ and electron assumptions offer nothing in the way of> explanatory power.

[Platt]
> To assume germs and electrons are not conscious offers nothing in the way of
> explanatory power either.

Suppose we suspend by a string, 2 bar magnets, opposite ends labelled N & S.  The N end of
one magnet rotates toward the S end of the other.  What options for understanding this are there:
1) The N particles value proximity to the S particles (&/or vice versa).
2) A third thing--magnetic force--forces the N particles toward the S particles.
(This pushes the explanation back a level: what explains how a magnetic force does this.)
3) There is no explanation--all we can say is: that's what happens when the ends are magnetized.
Can anyone think of any other options?
Craig