Re: Relativity defends itself by complicating everything to the point of incomprehensibility.

On 2024-12-12 06:08:38 +0000, Thomas Heger said:

Am Freitag000006, 06.12.2024 um 22:07 schrieb LaurenceClarkCrossen:

"The establishment defends itself by complicating everything to the
point of incomprehensibility." - Fred Hoyle
 

I had the same impression long ago.
 Many things in physics are simply way to complicated, because I just don't think, that nature needs such complicated rules.

The unwanted comma seems just right there.

 Nature should

Says who? "If the Lord Almighty had consulted me before embarking on creation thus, I should have recommended something simpler" (Alfonso X of Castile).

 work on a fundamental level very simple and should therefore require only a few simple rules.
 These fundamental principles should, however, generate a plethora of different patterns, which we find in nature.
 But the building blocks themselves should be few and simple.
  If you (for instance) had found such 'building blocks' (say in the 19th century) and utilized them for your own benefit, you certainly want others to search somewhere else.
 In the meantime you could acquire tremendous wealth and make yourself a member of the establishment (established by your wealth).
 But you need to divert competition into unpromising realms and feed your competitors with unproductive nonsense.
 This should be done 'en masse', because it wouldn't help, if these others would find out of the swamp anytime soon.
    TH

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Athel -- French and British, living in Marseilles for 37 years; mainly in England until 1987.