barrington interview

Dave Lebling · 14 Oct 2014, 18:24 · from 2014-October.txt.gz

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From: dlebling at hyraxes.com (Dave Lebling)
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 14:24:05 -0400
Subject: (urth) barrington interview
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> Why would observations made in this tiny corner be presumed to apply to
all other corners?

We have made observations that extend throughout the electromagnetic
spectrum in wavelength and in distance/time almost as far back as the Big
Bang and thus an equivalent number of light-years away. That is not a "tiny
corner." We have seen no evidence that the laws of physics are different
anywhere in the universe.

Dave Lebling

On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 10:22 AM, Gerry Quinn <gerry at bindweed.com> wrote:

>
> If logic didn't apply in a given realm, it would be logically correct to
> deduce that logic did in fact apply there, because a false statement
> implies the truth of all statements.  Therefore logic applies everywhere.
> Q.E.D.
>
> And maths is just an extension of logic.
>
> It is not possible to make a logical argument against logic.
>
> - Gerry Quinn
>
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