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On 12/7/24 6:59 AM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> On 06/12/2024 17:12, D wrote:
>> If you postulate something which can never be known, it is kind of 
>> useless. It goes the same way as god, or a postulated first mover etc.
> 
> And yet that is what people do all the time. In fact it is the necessary 
> foundation of thinking.
> 
> All metaphysics - and we all use it, whether we understand that we do or 
> not -  is to assume the framework for our understanding, and use it not 
> because it is demonstrably true, but because it *works* for us.
> 
> We don't  and can't *know* that time and space exist - at least in the 
> way we understand them, but they do *work* for us, the way we understand 
> them.

   Careful ... the "luminiferous aether" WORKED - at least
   with the existing physics  :-)

   I suspect 'dark matter' will occupy a similar position.