Hans Dieter Franke [4DWorldx] replied to Leo Vuyk [cyclesi], as follows: Leo Vuyk [cyclesi] wrote: Re "What is science?" [21st century concepts.]
"Science (from the Latin scientia, meaning "knowledge" or "knowing") is the effort to discover and increase human understanding of how physical reality works. Using controlled methods, scientists collect data in the form of observations, records of observable physical evidence of natural phenomena, and analyze this information to construct theoretical explanations of how things work. Knowledge in science is gained through research. The methods of scientific research include the generation of hypotheses about how natural phenomena work, and experimentation that tests these hypotheses under controlled conditions. The outcome or product of this empirical scientific process is the formulation of theory that describes human understanding of physical processes and facilitates prediction." Hans Dieter Franke in [4DWorldx} then wrote: The above "is not general." "Science is the process of selection of variables of order over a set of manifolds of unknown complexity such that a known finite complexity can appear. - Any result however expressed has known finite complexity." Manifold: "A thing with many forms, parts, applications." (Oxford-CA +.) "CETA" writes, & has written, a simpler definition of "What is science?" "Science is when others, at other places, & other "times," can reproduce the same results so that many of such minds can then create a "reality." p.s. Such historical "times" are "temporal scalar labels" or "timetags." Sincerely, 'peter' c. beamish, ph.d., director, "CETA-Research," Canada. "CETA" is: "CommunicaTions Et (And) 'TEMPS (TIME = t + T)' AssociaTion." - The seemingly important "MVP Concept" DEFINES: "A New Mind Concept." - For a "Definition of Mind" see http://www.egroups.com/message/time/13743 For "Mind can expand faster than the velocity of light," see: time/15097 Major "RBC" Concepts are at: <http://www.egroups.com/message/time/14607> 2 page glossary is @ http://www.animalcontact.com/research/glossary.html 1 pg. side précises http://www.animalcontact.com/research/abstracts.html --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cosmology, Mathematics and Philosophy" group. To post to this group, send email to cosmology-mathematics-and-philosophy@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cosmology-mathematics-and-philosophy+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cosmology-mathematics-and-philosophy?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
