[FRIAM] the role of metaphor in scientific thought

[Marcus Daniels]

"John Zingale referenced something in last Monday's Salon about how idioms frm early string theory investigations was almost deprecated when it found new utility in quantum loop gravity?"

I was thinking of the ER=EPR example.

Seems like basic questions of interpretation just get kicked down the road indefinitely because there is math that is serviceable.   One could say its serviceability is what leads to improved interpretations (in the fullness of time), or maybe it just delays asking the hard questions?

"There was a time when the newspapers said that only twelve men understood the theory of relativity.  I do not believe that there ever was such a time.  On the other hand, I think it is safe to say that no one understand quantum mechanics.   Do not keep saying to yourself, if you can possibly avoid it, `But how can it be like that?' because you will get `down the drain' into a blind alley from which nobody has yet escaped.  Nobody knows how it can be like that."   [Richard Feynman, The Character of Physical Law]

Marcus
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