home bbs files messages ]

Forums before death by AOL, social media and spammers... "We can't have nice things"

   sci.physics      Physical laws, properties, etc.      178,923 messages   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]

   Message 177,638 of 178,923   
   The Starmaker to The Starmaker   
   Re: Theory determines what we observe. -   
   22 Apr 25 06:48:07   
   
   XPost: sci.physics.relativity   
   From: starmaker@ix.netcom.com   
      
   The Starmaker wrote:   
   >   
   > "Theory determines what we observe." --Albert Einstein   
   >   
   > "Physics and Reality" (1936) – an essay published in the Journal of the   
   > Franklin Institute.   
   > In it, Einstein says:   
   > "Whether you can observe a thing or not depends on the theory which you   
   > use. It is the theory which decides what can be observed."   
   >   
   > Now, let me explain what are one of the things that could mean...   
   >   
   > LSD determines what we observe.   
   >   
   > It is the Purple Haze which decides what can be observed.   
      
   Orange Sunshine?   
      
      
   "Theory determines what we observe." --Albert Einstein   
      
      
   That means, all your theories are just...what You 'read into it'.   
      
      
      
   --   
   The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable,   
   to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable,   
   and challenge the unchallengeable.   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]


(c) 1994,  bbs@darkrealms.ca