Re:What I learned as a hired consultant to autodidact physic...
by mildbow on Thursday August 11, 2016 @05:52PM
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When they say "it's a theory" they're probably hinting towards the fact that it's a model, and not that they think they are floating around.
It's interesting the top-comment displays such a supercilious attitude while the takeaway from article, at least for me, was the exact opposite.
Maybe you could have helped at least some of the people by using it as an opportunity to teach rather than deride?
Of course gravity exists, but to suggest we understand it 100% through what models we have seems silly. But, I'm not a physicist, and I don't play one at dinner parties.
It's interesting the top-comment displays such a supercilious attitude while the takeaway from article, at least for me, was the exact opposite.
Maybe you could have helped at least some of the people by using it as an opportunity to teach rather than deride?
Of course gravity exists, but to suggest we understand it 100% through what models we have seems silly. But, I'm not a physicist, and I don't play one at dinner parties.