The present phase of stagnation in the foundations of physics is not normal

Re:The present phase of stagnation in the foundations of phy... by sanxiyn on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @10:23PM (#18499941)

I should correct an important misconception. Epicycles do not produce correct predictions.

Epicycles can produce correct point location of planets, but do not produce correct phase. Galileo observed heliocentrism-compatible phase of Venus with his telescope. That was the crucial experiment, not the simplicity.

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Re:The present phase of stagnation in the foundations of phy... by perl4ever on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @02:02PM (#18505092)

I don't think it's important to my point. The point remains that multiple theories can be equivalent in some restricted sense, yet the more aesthetic one might have greater potential.

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Re:The present phase of stagnation in the foundations of phy... by ymolodtsov on Sunday November 25, 2018 @09:09AM (#18526916)

But it matters. All the major interpretations give you the same results (otherwise we’d just test it and rule out the wrong ones).

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