relative writes:
Hold on here, let's have a gander at that. It CAN'T be demonstrated. This science claim of yours!!!!! This BASIS of what you call science is then to be believed just by faith, I see! Astounding. At last we have it. The curtain is drawn, and the mighty wizard of OZ is just a little wanker. Fine. Got it.
I'm a bit confused here. Are you saying that since we can't demonstrate that things worked the same in the past as they do now, then we can't have any idea about how things were in the past?
What about the recent past? Can we demonstrate that the laws of physics that we test today worked the same way two weeks ago? How about ten minutes ago? If we can say that these laws worked the same as ten minutes ago as they do now, what allows us to do so? What allows us to assume the same physics ten minutes ago and not 10 million years ago?
Does this apply to spacial displacement also? Are you also saying that we can't demonstrate that the laws of physics apply equally to the place I am and to the place I am not?
How does this new-found doubt about the past affect our ability to convict a murderer using forensic evidence? (actually not evidence since we can't trust that physics was the same yesterday.)
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