Re: Torvalds Slams Theoretical Security

On 27/10/2024 21:32, D wrote:

  On Sun, 27 Oct 2024, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

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.
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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?

Closest to the last. But I would say I use transcendental idealism the most :-)
Use of a metaphysical worldview speeds computations enormously at the expense of never being 100% reliable...
But that's OK, as there are plenty of sub optimal worldviews to use on an ad hoc basis.
The problems people encounter is when they mistake a worldview for objective reality.
Engineers are very used to the idea that laws are not so much real, as useful rules of thumb.
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