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Thread #160033 Message #3797615
Posted By: Lighter
25-Jun-16 - 10:06 AM
Thread Name: BS: Logic and the laws of science
Subject: RE: BS: Logic and the laws of science
Many physicists have suggested that *if* superstring theory is correct and the universe is composed of an ever expanding infinite number of separate and distinct universes in which, taken together, every conceivable (and perhaps in conceivable) thing is happening right now, in the past, and in the future,science has no access to conditions in any of these other universes.
As they say, it could be "the end of physics."
There's no way around it. If the theory is shown to be mathematically sound, science is stymied by the other "dimensions."
So while a sound "Theory of Everything" may well be possible, it may equally not be.
These examples alone suggest that the belief that mathematics, logic, and science can solve all possible enigmas is just that - a belief.
That's not to say that science is a hoax, or wrong, just that some abstruse kinds of (presumed) knowledge may be permanently beyond its ken.