Path: ...!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Thomas Heger Newsgroups: sci.physics.relativity Subject: Re: The purpose of science Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2024 06:56:12 +0200 Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: <17dea0394e40408e$988$505029$c2365abb@news.newsdemon.com> <66887E6B.397@ix.netcom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net Y4qKHD0ENvTPFBBx4pzxbQ2NzvqNZ6hwCuxZRl08hss+sPhUB5 Cancel-Lock: sha1:7Fq60nSVwpC5BVmV+JJIFjLYJmY= sha256:Ds3KXpEsNW/NC7z+sYB0YJ52iahspZSauifSv2k9aaQ= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: de-DE In-Reply-To: <66887E6B.397@ix.netcom.com> Bytes: 1595 Am Samstag000006, 06.07.2024 um 01:14 schrieb The Starmaker: > Maciej Wozniak wrote: >> >> It is - right - determining the truth. >> Just not in the way you think. Science >> is setting it, not discovering it. >> >> We need a good description of the reality. >> Good - means: optimized. Science is solving >> the puzzle of optimized set of axioms and >> definitions. Or rather - axioms including >> its special form - definitions. > > > if the universe does not have a purpose, why does science thinks it has > a purpose? > Well, maybe there is a purpose maybe not. This is a difficult question, but not really for physics. I would say, that 'purpose' would fall into the realm of philosophy. TH