The basic difference in Galileo's theories of space/time and Einstein's is that Einstein noticed that time itself is relative to the perceiver. Everybody knows E+mc^2- do you know what that means? Basically it means that the mass of something is equal to its energy and that, coupled with velocity, one can calculate its time offset relative to the viewer.
More recently in 2008, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois discovered that a single atomic particle can exist simultaneously in multiple locations.
These two discoveries by very reputable scientific sources are only two in a long list of discoveries that directly oppose the basic principals of the modern scientific worldview.
The idea that a single reality, ultimately accessible to man's mind, can be discovered and agreed upon by all is a product of post-enlightenment arrogance. Sure, Galileo was pre-enlightenment era but these thought processes have to be based in the past. He was ahead of his time.
I do not think that science is the end all authority on reality, but it is one why is learning about the world around us. Science has now discovered that time is relative, and that space is relative. I think the only why this will be truthfully understood is with the understanding that our existence in the world around us is relative as well.
Wht do you think?
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I just want to teleport.
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Truly, when things get big or small in our universe, rules go out the window. When they are generally about our size (humans) we can see them engage the universe predictably. But maybe this is only our perception, since things too small or too large only seem to act strange because they are "far away" from our size... much like stars look like they twinkle because of the distance between us and them. OR MAYBE - small things like atoms and big things like galaxies are run by different rules (or no rules at all). In either case, the "happy medium" keeps things predictable (oh, gravity, how we love thee).
I am happy for the * next to the phrase "Science is Truth" because of my gut instinct that humans are not god. I do not think that Science has all the answers, or that given enough time and energy, science could find all the answers. They may know how to describe how the universe got started, but can science explain WHY?
Just thinking out loud. Great post.
My brain hurts.
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