the fundamentals of physics behind the times

alice wellintown alicewellintown at gmail.com
Sat Sep 24 06:48:24 CDT 2011


Still enjoying that Information Flood book. The chapter on the naming
of entropy and  heat theroy is super.
Tanks a lot,

T&A

On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 7:28 AM, Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at verizon.net> wrote:
> On 9/23/2011 8:28 PM, alice wellintown wrote:
>>
>> Yup, another theory. Theory is not something we trust. Theory is quite
>> useful and powerful, but it is not fact or law. Theories don't become
>> laws either. This is a common misconception. Evolution is theory and
>> that is what makes it so wonderful.
>
> There's nothing more practical than a good theory.
>
> P
>>
>> http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/10/2/text_pop/l_102_01.html
>>
>>> So the Big Bang was just another theory--like Evolution.
>>>
>>> I always knew there couldn't possibly ever be a big enough bang to
>>> explain
>>> everything.
>>>
>>> Don't trust Theory.
>
>



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