We have the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum physics. We have time and space twisting around in order to preserve the constancy of the speed of light. We have subatomic particles whose position is an approximation if their velocity is known.
The bar for ‘reasonable’ in scientific endeavours is ‘it led to a number of predictions and, when we did the experiments, the predictions turned out to be all correct’.
The disadvantage, from a scientific point of view, of the ‘it was all a miracle’ explanation is that it doesn’t lead to much in the way of useful predictions which can be checked. This makes experimental verification somewhat tricky. I don’t think a scientific theory can be considered reasonably certain without at least a little experimental verification (and simply repeating the observation that led to the development of the theory doesn’t count, because any theory that attempts to explain that observation will explain it).
We have the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum physics. We have time and space twisting around in order to preserve the constancy of the speed of light. We have subatomic particles whose position is an approximation if their velocity is known.
The bar for ‘reasonable’ in scientific endeavours is ‘it led to a number of predictions and, when we did the experiments, the predictions turned out to be all correct’.
The disadvantage, from a scientific point of view, of the ‘it was all a miracle’ explanation is that it doesn’t lead to much in the way of useful predictions which can be checked. This makes experimental verification somewhat tricky. I don’t think a scientific theory can be considered reasonably certain without at least a little experimental verification (and simply repeating the observation that led to the development of the theory doesn’t count, because any theory that attempts to explain that observation will explain it).