OK, but let me explain: The pursuit of knowledge always starts from a notion of uncertainty (scepticism) to a notion of certainty (relative surety). Do scientists ever know anything 100%? No, but they reasonably assume findings based on the scientific method: the power of observation and experimentation. Are we sure of the size of the sun? No, but we have equations and theories which we know work to measure other things and might aid us in measuring the sun (even if we can't do so directly with a giant ruler tape). And although the sun's measurement might always be a best estimate, that doesn't make the measurement worthless, only flawed. And "flawed" in science can mean "correct" depending on the margin of error. If we had taken your view that difficult scientific problems aren't worth undertaking, scientists would discover very little. Science advances partly through exploring supposedly unsolvable problems and findin solutions. Does science always find them? No, but how can we know there are no solutions if we don't look?
finally someone telling the truth about science. instead of "everything they say is 100% truth" mentality.
scientist in regards to say measuring the sun and other things on planets in space. have to
presuppose (
: to be based on the idea that something is true or will happen
: to require or depend on (something) in order to be true or exist)
...certain things in order to find a solution.
lets see here
How do scientists measure or calculate the weight of a planet?
Dec 12, 2005
Barry Lienert, a geophysicist at the University of Hawaii, provides the following explanation.
We start by determining the mass of the Earth. Issac Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation tells us that the force of attraction between two objects is proportional the product of their masses divided by the square of the distance between their centers of mass. To obtain a reasonable approximation, we assume their geographical centers are their centers of mass......
how do we know their centers are their centers? or what we call their geo centers to be their centers? we ASSUME thats the case since its the case on earth. i've said time and time again. man knows nothing but what it knows. meaning we only know what we can know right here in front of us. everything else is speculation based on assumptions from what we do know. thats ok if you can go back thru a solution and find out its correct by measuring said thing another way and still coming to the exact same conclusion you did when you assumed certain givens.
its geometry ... THE GIVEN is......... so now we use that to formulate the rest of our solution.
but what if the given is incorrect? especially when you're dealing with other planets we have never gone to. at least we're on mars(to some degree). so we can really start testing our theory. we can at least say well for example if we find out that mars' center is like earth's.its geographical center .and not some where else on the planet. so we can then say "See... we're right about earth and now mars. " but thats 2 out of how many planets? who knows if thats correct with all the rest.
now if we keep sending out rovers and it keeps coming true that these planet's center is also their geographical center just like earth. then we can push that assumption out a bit further and assume its always like that, no matter the solar system. but even then we could be way off.
i've told yall this before.
these things are based on patterns.
AABBAABB
so now you ASSUME it will always be AABBAABB forever.
what you dont know is what you cant measure. maybe some where between a peta duplicates of the above pattern and some number we have not named before is a switch up like AABBAABB ^peta CC wait a second. if thats the case, and we start assuming things based on AABBAABB. we may be only slightly wrong or way off. depending on what part of the pattern we see at that time. you dont know if you're at the beginning of it, the middle, the tail end by peta or on the other side of CC, where it repeats again.
the test of a persons DNA based intelligent level(not study based intelligence). is their ability as a child to predict whats next in a pattern.
Being able to see patterns = Neo being able to read that green code in the matrix
Thats on a macro and micro level. same rule applies.
But if there is some monkey wrench thrown into your original idea of said pattern, it could ruin your entire solution or just only slightly tweek it. but that says what? it says these theories about planets are not fact. they're not wild guesses either. their guesstimates( an estimate based on a mixture of guesswork and calculation.)
I guess A is true since i can calculate B and C. i mean A is usually B+C on earth, so i GUESS its true on mars and venus, etc Thats what scientists do and nothing is wrong with that. except for these coli types reading science digests thinking that these scientists know all things and all things they say is 100% gospel unadulterated truth. when its not.[/quote]