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Originally Posted by UncleWede
As m630 states, we have to first acknowledge that "we don't have a fucking clue." After that, we need not put down "novel" ideas that may lead us in completely divergent directions from established theory.
When I wander into my backyard at night (drunk or not), glance up, it's so truly AMAZING that there is so much out there I'm still awed by the sheer distances, and my longing to just reach out and touch one of those tiny pinpricks of light, then zoom back into my head and realize that is a gigantic ball of nuclear fire burning thru all that distance.
We have put rule and "laws" to try to contain something we can't possibly hold onto. Why can light only go a single speed? Why must time flow in a LINEAR fashion, and only in one direction? And yet these seemingly arbitrary rules are the basis of our theories.
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I know you are speaking in a rhetorical way saying, "We don't have a clue"; relatively speaking we probably are close to that end of the spectrum. The ones who didn't have a clue are our ancestors. With the scientific method, we now have proofs & working theories. These can be changed & added to.
One of the best parts of the scientific method is that questioning is rarely cause for ostracism, and is often encouraged.
I still think entropy will rule (see below)!
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/17/b...sultPosition=5