[MD] The Hidden Reality

[MarshaV]

Mark,

It doesn't prove much primarily because I didn't hear enough of the 
interview and because my knowledge of mathematics is too limited 
to build an informed opinion.  But basically I think the conclusion one
draws is dependent on the questions asked, and the testing methods 
and instruments used to verify the hypothesis.   -   The fact that the 
mathematical information describing the inside of a black hole can 
never be tested except through additional mathematical methods, 
leaves me to wonder what is the definition of science these days?  
In what sense it it empirical?   

Anyway, it's more than a bit over my head.   


Marsha






On Mar 23, 2011, at 3:36 PM, 118 wrote:

> Thanks Marsha,
> I read the Fabric of the Cosmos by Greene, it was pretty clear.
> Mathematical reality is pretty powerful, but not the only one imho.
> It may be easier to defend such a reality than other forms, but does
> this prove anything to you?
> 
> Mark
> 
> On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 11:03 AM, MarshaV <valkyr at att.net> wrote:
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>> Brian Greene who book "The Hidden Reality' was interviewed today on the PBS program ' Radio West'.  I didn't catch it all, but it sounded like he was defending a reality defined by mathematics.  While I though he sounded like a nutcase, his book has been very well reviewed in Amazon.  Thought there may be some who would be interested in catching the a re-airing of the interview.


 
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