Dear Lew, When Kant was asked by the German king: ''Professor
is there something new in science''? Kant answer was:
''does Your majesty know the old''?
is there something new in science''? Kant answer was:
''does Your majesty know the old''?
On ''what there is''
The question looks ''philosophical'' in the sense of ''what exist?''. In the old terminology ''ontology question''.
The modern formulation (by Quine) is: ''what are the values of your variables''? In our hobby ''what are
the new available components''? Can one person know what are available components? Obviously not
but we have ''collective knowledge''. Each contribution is welcome. Like in science. But like in science there
are individuals with special contributions. Raul with his MM contributions and his ''successor'' chakster
with his contributions about ''both kinds'': MC's and MM's. Despite his ''modest means''. I think we should
be thankful to have such individuals.
The modern formulation (by Quine) is: ''what are the values of your variables''? In our hobby ''what are
the new available components''? Can one person know what are available components? Obviously not
but we have ''collective knowledge''. Each contribution is welcome. Like in science. But like in science there
are individuals with special contributions. Raul with his MM contributions and his ''successor'' chakster
with his contributions about ''both kinds'': MC's and MM's. Despite his ''modest means''. I think we should
be thankful to have such individuals.
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One of the all time great Alan Watts talks! https://youtu.be/CJjOjKXSOCA?t=10 |
Kant was quite a wit.But there is a truth in that story. As a scientist I can tell you that the same experiment gets done over again about every 20 to 25 years. What changes is the technology used to perform the experiment. Old techniques are replaced by modern ones.Each time the same facts are proven again, the scientists of that generation believe they have found out something new. |
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