"The End of Faith" (er, Agathon?)

[Terra Nullius]

Originally posted by Jon Miller
And they aren't really logically distinct
JM

Yeah, like I said, it's not the best of analogies.

But you get the idea... I can describe some things in terms of quantum theory. I can describe other things in terms of relativity. But I can't descibe quantum theory in terms of relativity.

I'm sure that's a large part of the attraction with string theory. The desire for a single, unified narrative.

And that's what I find valuable about PoMo.

It's not about giving priority to one system or the other. It's not about denying objective reality. For me, it's about looking at those weird, super-fast, super-small cases where no-one really knows what's going on and all your best calculations come out with outrageous, physically-impossible results that just don't make sense.

I like it that way. Neat, easy solutions are the opiate of the dialectic materialist.

[Sandman]

Originally posted by Terra Nullius
PoMo stands in opposition to modernist metanarrative.

There's no such thing.

[Terra Nullius]

Fair enough.

Please explain

[Odin]

Empiricist BS:

Oh, and General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics don't mix because they are APROXIMATIONS of reality. Superstring theory (if it is correct) gives us a better aproximation of reality by unifying GR and QM.

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Terra Nullius
How can two, logically distinct systems both describe the same world?

They can't, not perfectly. If two systems produce the same answers, they are logically equivalent.