When someone’s epistemic philosophy leads them to disagree about existence implications of general relativity
I’m slightly annoyed that I just reread most of that thread in the understanding that you were linking to the disagreements in question, only to find no comments by either shminux, Mitchell Porter or EHeller and therefore feel no closer to understanding this particular subthread’s context.
I think he was referring to shminux’s non scientific-realist views, suggesting they are in conflict with such statements as “there are galaxies distant enough that we cannot see them due to lightspeed limitations.”
I’m slightly annoyed that I just reread most of that thread in the understanding that you were linking to
Never mind, that post and thread are far more interesting than the assorted related comments spread over years. Carl’s comment is correct and if you want more details about those you may have luck using Wei Dai’s script. You’d have to experiment with keywords.
I’m slightly annoyed that I just reread most of that thread in the understanding that you were linking to the disagreements in question, only to find no comments by either shminux, Mitchell Porter or EHeller and therefore feel no closer to understanding this particular subthread’s context.
I think he was referring to shminux’s non scientific-realist views, suggesting they are in conflict with such statements as “there are galaxies distant enough that we cannot see them due to lightspeed limitations.”
Thanks.
Never mind, that post and thread are far more interesting than the assorted related comments spread over years. Carl’s comment is correct and if you want more details about those you may have luck using Wei Dai’s script. You’d have to experiment with keywords.