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From: Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de>
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Subject: Re: The purpose of science
Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2024 06:56:12 +0200
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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