RE: Detecting design or intent in nature
February 8, 2015 at 1:41 pm
(This post was last modified: February 8, 2015 at 1:51 pm by Heywood.)
(February 8, 2015 at 10:00 am)Chas Wrote:(February 8, 2015 at 5:37 am)Heywood Wrote: Regarding photons. There is the set of all photons. Within that set are two disjointed subsets. Observed Photons, and Unobserved photons. If we applied your logic to photons, we could not draw conclusions about unobserved photons by observing photons.....yet that is exactly what we do. Is all of science wrong?
Not at all the same. Electromagnetic Theory proves all photons travel at the the same speed in a vacuum.
It is the same. It is the same because all theory is ultimately grounded in and derived from observation. The equations which derive the speed of light are still based on observations of other un-derived constants.....which leaves you with disjointed sets. There is the set of all the points of space. In that set are disjointed subsets. The set of points where permeability of free space has been measured and the sets of points where the permeability of free space has not been measured. According to your logic measuring the permeability of free space doesn't tell us anything about the permeability of free space for points of space we have not measured. The same would be true of vacuum permittivity. The value of these two constants are not derived by any theory. They are assumed to be constant based on observation. Is all of science really a sham? It would seem so if we take your thinking to its logical conclusion.
bennyboy Wrote:(February 8, 2015 at 6:02 am)robvalue Wrote: And since what's true of all polygons is true of all triangles, what's true of all triangles is true of all polygons. Don't you guys get it yet?YES! Finally someone accepts the truth.
Benny, you don't really believe this? Do you?
