Recent content by Atreya

Hi I'm from Singapore and I'm currently in the state of deciding what to study for my undergrad and postgrad education. I know from my days in high school that I love Physics and Mathematics. I have a natural drive for it and I enjoy solving the abstract problems that make up the subjects. But...

Yeah Mr. Vodka, that is an interesting thought! We will never know when exactly our theories are perfect, so for all we know they could be perfect now? And to Willowz, axioms are everywhere is science! Axioms are in fact all of our laws. There is no way to prove a law for all space and time. So...

Thanks so much for your replies. I'm going through the material and will try to fathom whatever I can. I still feel this question is scientific in nature because it strikes the core assumptions and axioms of science. But I also realize that science itself cannot provide an answer to this...

To Hurkyl: Thank you for pointing that out. But I think you are missing the issue at hand. What I wrote about enjoyment is about me and my feelings towards these subjects. Yes, I enjoy building up knowledge, as I'm sure you do too. And here I am, building up knowledge on what a perfect...

To Hurkyl, I beg to differ on that issue. Science is a human need. It is driven by human curiosity to understand our world, and to understand what the world is made up of and how it works. That is in some sense, the "truth". Experiments are means to get closer to that truth. About the...

My problem with the "physics" aspect is that if we can never attain a perfect theory, what's the point of even studying physics? You say we get closer and closer to the "truth", but in reality we don't because the truth is inherent in the infinite and we can never comprehend or so called "reach"...

Hello people! My name is Atreya and I'm 18 years old. I'm currently studying for my A levels. I used to love physics and mathematics a lot, and I still do... sort of. A couple of months back, I came across a big philosophical problem. I'd like to name this problem analytical nihilism. This...