Date: Fri, 07 May 1999 15:37:53 +0100
From: mokey <higginsc-AT-tcd.ie>
Subject: Re: Tornado and Littleton



manfred man wrote:
>well, i don't accept it because it's just plain silly that something should
>happen without something causing it. to believe this would be like to
>believe in god - it contradicts every personal experience i've ever made.
>someone would have to give experimental proof for quantum theory, or at
>least substantial evidence, not just some weird mathematical calculations
>like heisenberg did.

look mani i don't believe in physics either, but your justification for
throwing out quantum theory is just plain silly.  the experimental evidence
is there - that's what they build particle accelerators for.  and you
really should know better than to use the term "experimental proof."
nothing in science can ever be proven, as Hume so wonderfully pointed out
250 years ago.  physics is insane, i agree.  it does defy common sense.
but whoever said that common sense anymore corresponds to reality than
quantum mechanics?

colin