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From:
eric hill
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Date:
Mon, 6 Dec 1999 23:08:33 -0800 (PST)
Subject:
(idm) synthetic quantum relativism?
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quoted 10 lines well, let's just say then that quantum physics chucked the idea of>> well, let's just say then that quantum physics chucked the idea of >> _obtainable_ objectivity out the window decades ago. > >No, not really even that... It's a typical postmodernist misinterpretation of >quantum physics or indeed relativity to think that it confirms their relativist >beliefs about truth and objectivity. The sort of objective observations that are >made unobtainable by quantum physics are on the atomic or subatomic scale. As >far as anything that (except in very contrived circumstances) impinges on our >everyday life goes, objectivity is still a perfectly reasonable goal and belief >in objectivity a reasonable position.
now then, about this "law" of gravity... eric onnow: sokol : mean clown welcome (cheap) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org