From: arl_123234@hotmail.com   
      
   On 09/30/2017 02:33 PM, Tom Roberts wrote:   
   > On 9/29/17 9/29/17   12:15 AM, J.B. Wood wrote:   
      
   > You both fail to understand what science actually does: we are MODELING   
   > the world, not attempting to describe "how it really works".   
   >   
   > Once you recognize that both Newtonian mechanics and General Relativity   
   > are models of the world, you can also recognize that they are both good   
   > models of the world, each within its own domain. The conflict you think   
   > you see does not really exist, they just model gravitation differently.   
   >   
   > Tom Roberts   
   >   
      
   Hello, and as I seem to be one of the "both" it seems your first   
   statement is a distinction between "modeling" and the real world.   
   That's irrelevant IMO to my OP as is bringing God into the argument.  I   
   was pointing out "If it looks like a duck..."  I have no problem with   
   your second statement.  An hypothesis becomes a theory when experiments   
   produce repeatable results that are predictable via applied mathematics.   
     It is the "real" world in terms of human sensation until we find some   
   contradiction(s).  Sincerely,   
      
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   J. B. Wood	            e-mail: arl_123234@hotmail.com   
      
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