Sujet : Re: Torvalds Slams Theoretical Security
De : nospam (at) *nospam* example.net (D)
Groupes : comp.os.linux.advocacy comp.os.linux.miscDate : 28. Oct 2024, 11:13:37
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On Mon, 28 Oct 2024, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 27/10/2024 21:32, D wrote:
On Sun, 27 Oct 2024, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
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This shocking fact moves science from a repository of true facts, to a collection of explanations whose sole justifications are they they are mutually consistent and seem to work.
This is important to understand when you are at the bleeding edge of physics.
Are you an instrumentalist, scientific realist or perhaps a constructive empiricist?
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Closest to the last. But I would say I use transcendental idealism the most :-)
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Use of a metaphysical worldview speeds computations enormously at the expense of never being 100% reliable...
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But that's OK, as there are plenty of sub optimal worldviews to use on an ad hoc basis.
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The problems people encounter is when they mistake a worldview for objective reality.
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Engineers are very used to the idea that laws are not so much real, as useful rules of thumb.
It is a mystery to me that you have not blocked me already. From time to time, I find that we agree on some things, and at other times, I find that we violently disagree (possibly). Maybe, there is more common ground to be discovered by carefully examining definitions over a whiskey and a cigar? Maybe.
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