Re: Uniqueness of Reality
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To give the question some relevance...do you think it is possible that two theories, based on a different set of axioms/postulates, but with exactly the same verifiable results represent reality on equal footing or will only one describe reality as it is (although maybe not verifiable)? Or are both equally "real"?
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A theory based on axioms/postulates can never describe reality as it really is. (<=Gödel)
Two models that give exactly the same verifiable results are for all practical purposes the same.
You might be able to claim in some fuzzy fashion that one is closer to reality than the other if you managed at a future date to verify some new results that show an observable difference between the models.
Its seems natural to believer reality is unique but forever beyond our understanding. However its possible that things are a lot weirder than that.
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