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Science does not describe reality (iai.tv)
2 points by danielam on Feb 29, 2024 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments


IN Science talking about -reality- is, less or more, same as talking about a deity or truth or aeternity or infinite.. not very clear, what is -reality-?

Scientific theory are first about -facts-, measures, events, and they are not -true/false- but more or less precise, describing -something- about the world (reality?) not absolute but definitively a kind of knoweledge we cannot ignore, if we want made an airplane capable to fly.

When the pile of facts grow is easy to name it 'reality', and the shape it take can take a sort of meaning and guide the evolution of the science, we can name this 'explanations'? maybe yes, some kind of synthesis is necessary and is not a full scientific tool, but in the evolution of science this seems a necessary part.. as is the desire and pleasure or obsession doing a research of to study something.

More than this, philosophy can have every kind of solitary orgasm running in the space left free by the science





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