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09-25-2017, 02:49 PM | #21 |
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Because science is not meant to answer everything. Its simply a model we use to explain natural 8
phenomena via observation and experiment. Nothing less, Nothing More. Suggesting it is capable of answering questions outside of its realm is ludicrous. |
09-25-2017, 02:53 PM | #22 |
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But assuming all pertinent data is collected surrounding something... what exactly wouldn't it be able to explain, ever?
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09-25-2017, 02:54 PM | #23 |
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Well said.
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09-25-2017, 03:18 PM | #24 | |
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All non-physical entities in the modern scientific framework of physicalism and empircism are disregarded as illusions, they are never explained. Its the opposite of solipsism. |
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09-25-2017, 05:35 PM | #25 |
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There might be limits to what humans can do with technology, but there's no limit to what can be done with technology, as long as resources are there.
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09-25-2017, 06:08 PM | #26 |
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There are probably theoretical practical limits like trying to build something that requires more material than exists in the universe but essentially there is no real ceiling. Plenty of things we can't do YET, sure. But as long as we're still around and still advancing we can get a little closer every time.
Sure there are things we can't measure, but eventually we might come up with a way to do so. A caveman could use fire but he couldn't accurately measure it's temperature. Nowadays you can just order a device to do that for you from the internet, you don't even have to be a scientist.
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09-25-2017, 07:50 PM | #27 | ||
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I do wonder if time travel could ever happen. It's difficult to imagine what 200, 500 or even 1000 years in the future will hold as far as science and technology advances go. And I know people say 'well then why aren't we visited by time travelers?' But the invention might have its limitations and only allow for present2future&back2present type of travel. So no traveling to the distant past. |
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09-25-2017, 11:55 PM | #28 | |
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They say traveling back in time is most likely impossible. That even if you could send an object back through spacetime it wouldn't really be going back. It would just be moving backwards. To go to the future requires traveling into space near the speed of light and back. The other way is to position yourself near a blackhole since time moves even slower the closer you get to one. Of course neither is technically possible. This is not really time travel imo though. It's just leaving to wait out earth time. In terms of actual time travel (the way we all think of it), I would say you never know. I agree just because we are not visited by time travelers doesn't prove anything. They could be sworn to secrecy so they don't mess up anything. If time travel is not possible by some super technology then maybe by another kind of force? Like something supernatural. There's probably a lot we don't know about the universe. Again because our technology is limited to mostly us. I totally believe in aliens. Earth can not be the only planet out of billions with intelligent life and unique species. There's gotta be at least a handful out there. Regardless if they're 100 times more advanced. I bet some are in some way.
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09-26-2017, 12:14 AM | #29 |
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Or maybe time travel makes you forget. Déjà vu could be the travelers brain fighting to remember. It's entertaining to think about.
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09-26-2017, 02:20 AM | #30 | |
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Even if time travelers could reveal themselves nobody would believe them with without 100% proof. Which they couldn't prove unless the machine or whatever they used came with them and that might not be possible. If they're from the future they'd have to predict something not far off with extreme accuracy.
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09-26-2017, 07:12 PM | #31 | |
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Three words.Grey's Sports Almanac......
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09-26-2017, 07:39 PM | #32 |
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I am disappointed in this thread. I thought someone was going to post the obvious answer which is found in msmarvelduckie's signature! "Where science ends, magic begins" Spiral, UnCanny X-Men#491.
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09-26-2017, 07:47 PM | #33 |
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Ah, but who's to say that going back in time wouldn't allow all those games to play out differently? Sure, some match-ups were so uneven that they'd happened the same but in some cases it all basically comes down to flipping a coin, and it's anyone's guess whether it'll be heads or tails anytime its thrown into the air.
So yeah, I would be worried about altering the timeline if I went into the past, especially in unintended ways. Like that one Halloween episode of The Simpsons.
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Ah thank you for that! I have always felt they are two sides of the same coin. The boundries between the two can often appear immense until one realizes that just a few centuries ago many of our modern conveniences would have been thought of as "magick". Who is to day that things we currently still consider as being in the realm of the supernatural won't eventually become scientific fact as well? Quote:
I think that simply going back in time and predicting a game's outcome as proof of being from the future would have little chance of somehow affecting said game's outcome unless one were to attempt to influence it directly. I was talking primarily about revealing a game's outcome before it is over rather than being at said game and causing some kind of interference.
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