Auf Veränderung zu hoffen, ohne selbst etwas dafür zu tun, ist wie am Bahnhof zu stehen und auf ein Schiff zu warten.
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Theory and Law in Science (Physics)
Atomium - Brussels
"I believe in intuitions and inspirations. I sometimes feel that I am right. I do not know that I am. When two expeditions of scientists, financed by the Royal Academy, went forth to test my theory of relativity, I was convinced that their conclusions would tally with my hypothesis. I was not surprised when the eclipse of May 29, 1919, confirmed my intuitions. I would have been surprised if I had been wrong.”
-Albert Einstein, during an interview in 1929
Comment: Physicists are “attentive observers” of nature - just as most scientists (for instance as well legal scholars etc.) are primarily “attentive observers”. They sometimes develop a theory (based on their intuition and inspiration - which in turn is based on their profound knowledge acquired by learning and dealing with the subject intensively) that they may only be able to represent mathematically - but in „classical“ physics it is only the successful experiment that proves the validity of a theory. The theory then becomes an „universally accepted physical law”. Sometimes this is only possible years or decades after the theory was put forward.
Further: „Classical” physical laws only describe the „nature we know“ quite well. You need a different scientific approach and way of thinking in certain situations. For example, if you go into the spheres of quantum mechanics, things often do not exactly behave as described with “classical“ physical laws. The behavior of quite small things (like Electrons) is different than things on large scale. They can often only be described and predicted mathematically since it’s hard to prove the mathematical theory by experiments (at least with methods known today). There are people who can imagine this „small world“ because they have learned to think about it “mathematically”. For people who can't imagine that, it's „voodoo“ and needs to be proven to be credible. I refer to a very interesting YouTube video (Way Of Thinking) from physicist Richard Feynman that I have posted months ago - which could explain this matter much better than I can.
Feynman also explains in the video that he often does a lot of “translation work” when communicating on a high scientific level - because things that are completely clear to him, others cannot imagine or understand. Every person lives in fact in his or her „own world“ (reality) - because every person perceives its surrounding completely individually. Even when „normal people“ communicate with each other, they often do this “translation work” that Feynman talks about - especially when we talk with people who cannot follow us mentally. However, when we realize that we think similarly as other people, we feel connected to them. Two worlds connect - which is fantastic.
So what is „truth“ with respect to physics, or science in general? A current interpretation of an observation (theory) that needs to be supported by scientific facts (evidence) in order for it to become an „universally accepted scientific law“. Otherwise it remains just a “theory”. That is how science works. And that is how a society works which is based on reason, not on superstition - based on science, not on blind faith.
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I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.
Albert Einstein
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"Die Logik bringt dich von A nach B, die Fantasie jedoch, bringt dich überall hin"
~ Albert Einstein
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“Alles ist Energie! Gleiche Dich der Frequenz der Realität an, die Du möchtest und Du kreierst diese Realität. Das ist keine Philosophie. Das ist Physik!”
ALBERT EINSTEIN
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“Einstein said ‘your imagination is more important than intelligence,’ I have a very, very big imagination.”
— Lana Del Rey
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Wie Einstein einst sagte es gibt zwei dinge die Unendlich sind das Universum und die menschliche Dummheit beim Universum bin ich mir aber nicht so sicher
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„Frieden kann nicht erzwungen werden; er wird nur durch Verständnis erreicht.“
"Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding."
Albert Einstein, schweizerisch-US-amerikanischer theoretischer Physiker deutscher Herkunft und jüdischer Abstammung (* 14. März 1879 in Ulm; † 18. April 1955 in Princeton, New Jersey)
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Zitat von Albert Einstein über "Jeder Mensch ist ein Genie."
Jeder Mensch ist ein Genie. Aber wenn du einen Fisch danach beurteilst, ob er auf einen Baum klettern kann, wird er sein ganzes Leben lang glauben, dass er dumm ist.
Albert Einstein
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Feeling and longing are the motive forces behind all human endeavor and human creations.
Albert Einstein
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Die reinste Form des Wahnsinns ist es, alles beim Alten zu lassen und trotzdem zu hoffen, dass sich etwas ändert.
Albert Einstein
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