Re: Does anybody believe in Physics?
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But this too is fallacious and presents once again the flawed categorization of science and philosophy into two absolutely distinct boxes.
Science did not arise in a vacuum, and the first 'scientists' were very concerned with what have come to be known as solely 'philosophical' questions; there's a reason why the discipline now known as 'science' was once called natural philosophy.
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I agree. All I'm trying to say is to keep in mind (like with the Rushdie quote) that science doesn't degenerate into some kind of bongwater-stained dorm-room BS session simply because you can't prove every assumption and axiom, and that anyone who puts the two on equal terms now is just trying to sound clever, because they sure as hell don't believe it (unless they've added an ER entrance to the philosophy department at most universities since I've been to college - I really don't know).
Did I mention how much I love the Sokal affair? It's so delightfully hilarious and enlightening at the same time [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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