is that philosophy is people's opinion only. But physics (as a mathematical set of rules Universe obeys and objects in Universe originate from) exists by math itself, regardless what people call or think about it.

Hydrogen atom is the solution of Shredinger equation or a photon is a solution of QED equations regardless what philosophers call it - mathematism or anything else. Remove humans - all philosophy and other human opinion and labels will be gone - but math and physics will stay. Inverse square law as a result of interaction of spin 2 and 1 virtual bosons will be Newtonian law of gravity (or Coulomb law of electromagnetic interactions),all conservation laws stay, sin^2+cos^2 =1 will stay and thus the Universe will stay as it is - ruled by math and behaving as math prescribes.

You may call it religion without people - the fact that the Universe is strictly mathematical, but most people call this math simply PHYSICS.

• More metaphysics - harvey1 - April 17, 2001 - 14:38 UTC
  • Incorrect. You are misunderstanding physics here. - alexander - April 17, 2001 - 17:21 UTC
    • The weak link - harvey1 - April 17, 2001 - 18:46 UTC
      • Look for the theory of ether? - doctordick - April 17, 2001 - 19:00 UTC
        • Yes, concepts survive but theories perish - harvey1 - April 17, 2001 - 19:13 UTC
          • I don't know about that! - doctordick - April 17, 2001 - 20:06 UTC
            • Ether - depends what you mean by it. - alexander - April 17, 2001 - 21:28 UTC
              • >>>space-time itself - it exists. - doctordick - April 18, 2001 - 14:54 UTC
                • Richard, what is your PhD in? - alexander - April 18, 2001 - 18:40 UTC
                  • Theoretical Nuclear Physics - doctordick - April 19, 2001 - 18:23 UTC
      • Philosophy is the weak link preventing understand nature. - alexander - April 17, 2001 - 21:09 UTC
        • Your title contradicts your post - harvey1 - April 17, 2001 - 21:47 UTC
      • Philosophy is the weak link preventing understand nature. - alexander - April 17, 2001 - 21:30 UTC
      • Laws of Physics and Math aren't just matters of opinion - johnpowell - April 18, 2001 - 07:54 UTC
        • John - harvey1 - April 18, 2001 - 14:14 UTC
          • The importance of Science! - doctordick - April 18, 2001 - 15:43 UTC
            • re: philosophy of science - harvey1 - April 18, 2001 - 16:16 UTC
              • What is science and what is a philosophy. - alexander - April 18, 2001 - 20:27 UTC
                • Philosophy - harvey1 - April 18, 2001 - 20:34 UTC
          • I was a philosophy wannabe who was put in his place. - johnpowell - April 19, 2001 - 21:25 UTC
            • What philosophy is today - harvey1 - April 20, 2001 - 17:56 UTC
        • Your Model! - doctordick - April 18, 2001 - 16:05 UTC