Re: Cool visual illusion


Allan C Cybulskie wrote:
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> > Allan C Cybulskie wrote:
> >
> > My thought experiments are along the lines of devising models and
> > computer programs which can [eventually] be implemented and tested,
>
> Then it isn't a "thought experiment", as "thought experiments" are so-called
> because they CANNOT be implemented and tested. You can get real experiments
> from them, but they are not directly testable.
>


Now we have formal definitions for what means a thought experiment. I'm
sure Einstein would have felt it a waste of his time if his thought
experiments could not eventually be tested. Difference between physics
and philosophy.

"Philosophy is nothing but empty words if it is not capable of being
tested by experiment." - Freeman Dyson.



>
> a
> > supposed to positing unmeasurable and unknowable force fields acting
> > through the pineal, cosmic consciousness pervading the universe, or
> > whatever.
>
> Except I never called that a "thought experiment", and also showed how the
> theories followed from and explained existing evidence and experiences. So
> your shot is out of place.
>

See above.

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