Re: Experiment and Interpretation

Posted by lrudolph on Jul 04, 2011; 11:11pm
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/Experiment-and-Interpretation-tp6544946p6547865.html

Nick replies to Douglas Roberts:

> First, It says something kind of funny about physics .
> that it will never
> explain anything that any of us are curious about

unless we first learn enough about it (physics) that
we can understand the explanation (in physical terms)?

> Second, it seems to say that there is no educational advantage to . nothing
> to be learned from . trying to connect principle to vernatcular experience

without making the connections in a principled (rather
than vernacular???) way?




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