I love mathematics, physics, puzzles, music and magnets. I blog at http://blog.susam.in/. I run a mathematics quiz blog at http://quiz.cotpi.com/. I am working as a programmer in Bangalore. I read books, solve puzzles and compose music in my free time.
I believe in science and mathematics. Science has turned out to be a very reliable way to understand the world around us. However, I keep an open mind and I understand the difference between theory and truth.
I understand that the truth might just be that God exists. But such a hypothesis is not testable. God does not submit to experimentation. Hence, it is not scientific and I have little reason to believe in such a claim even though I have to consider the possibility that it might just be true.
Susam Pal
http://blog.susam.in/
I believe in science and mathematics. Science has turned out to be a very reliable way to understand the world around us. However, I keep an open mind and I understand the difference between theory and truth.
Quote:For a theory can be false yet still be scientific (e.g. Priestley's phlogiston theory of combustion), and a claim can be true without being scientific (e.g. the claim that Brazil won the 1994 World Cup). - Alexander Bird in Philosophy of Science
I understand that the truth might just be that God exists. But such a hypothesis is not testable. God does not submit to experimentation. Hence, it is not scientific and I have little reason to believe in such a claim even though I have to consider the possibility that it might just be true.
Quote:I have no need for that hypothesis. - Laplace
Susam Pal
http://blog.susam.in/