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nazarbaz
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If physicists were more interested in philosophy, they would know that the diversity of interpretations is unsolvable and that there's no point to choose one of them over the others. My "personal view" (and I say this with a bit of detachment and irony) : if you could make a different choice, then don't choose at all : that's the only interesting aspect of the "shut up and calculate" approach.
The idea that science is self sufficent and self consistent is worst than the worst philosophical non sense I know of, though : it's an essentialist dogma or a religious belief. The real interest and function of philosophy is to exceed our actual limitations and to build an understanding to our experience : contain it into a mere epistemology is to underestimate and misuse it. Thinking about science results is dangerous but necessary. In that regard, philosphy - the real one - always begins when science stops.
The most fundamental issue modern science has to address is to know more about the way mathematics relates to reality : otherwise, we wouldn't be anything else than blind kids playing with colors and light. I doubt that the scientific method itself has something to say about it.
There's is no mystery per se out there, just a beautiful cosmic process yet to be discovered.
PS : sorry for my terrible english.
The idea that science is self sufficent and self consistent is worst than the worst philosophical non sense I know of, though : it's an essentialist dogma or a religious belief. The real interest and function of philosophy is to exceed our actual limitations and to build an understanding to our experience : contain it into a mere epistemology is to underestimate and misuse it. Thinking about science results is dangerous but necessary. In that regard, philosphy - the real one - always begins when science stops.
The most fundamental issue modern science has to address is to know more about the way mathematics relates to reality : otherwise, we wouldn't be anything else than blind kids playing with colors and light. I doubt that the scientific method itself has something to say about it.
There's is no mystery per se out there, just a beautiful cosmic process yet to be discovered.
PS : sorry for my terrible english.