“For want of a nail…”
Rational Metaphysics is the nail they were missing.
All of the world would be different now if not for the want of that nail.
…You probably wouldn’t even have heard of the name “Einstein”.
Ever stop and think about “playing dice”? It’s a nice metaphor for what is ACTUALLY going on, in fact. What, you think those dice rolls are literally “random”? Of course not.
Too bad physics, as James says, lacks RM. Without RM there is no way for them to avoid confusing an idea’s applied usefulness with its reality (or lack of reality). There is no such thing as randomness, just as there is no such thing as non-existence. These are approximations, albeit useful ones.
To believe in the literal existence of randomness is to believe in fairies and gods and magic and flying spaghetti monsters.
Logic it is not : to believe some random person on the interweb has explained reality simply because they are a God botherer, and have denied reality for so long that all reality matters not a jot, is about as useful as taking your lad in hand and banging out a wank, ononism is not healthy.
Take your lad out, wank it off, and then imagine that ononism is perfect. I am fairly sure it is not… At the end of the day a wanker is still a wanker no matter what.
Expecting you to make sense is of course unlikely. I haven’t called you a wacko, but if you want to claim you are mental far be it from me to stop you.
The distinction you make is crucial, though I don’t think that RM is the only way to understand the difference. The bottom line is definitional logic.
Relativity and QM are both measuring tools, not truth-models. Meaning - you can not recreate reality using either of them, only limit the extent to which it puzzles you.
For those who actually wanted to know, I think so.
It would be nice to see MM’s explanation also, just to “verify”.
I’m sure the answer to “What is really going on” could use a little practice for everyone involved, although it isn’t really all that difficult. It takes a while for a fundamental mindset to soak in, regardless of how right it might be. They went for many years and a lot of trouble to convince everyone of Relativity and against strong resistance. I’m sure they wouldn’t be looking forward to having to repeat it yet again to correct their mistake.
The more serious question is whether you can follow all the way through that RM:AO Fundamentals thread.
The question is “Which clock will stop?” and “Why?”
First try to answer that question using special relativity concepts (no actual math required). In special relativity, the speed of light must always remain constant relative to each and every observer regardless of his own speed or the speed of the light source. So the train observer must observe light traveling toward him at exactly the same speed as the station observer sees any light traveling to the station. The paradox is that in the provided situation and according to special relativity, the light must reach both observers at the same time, but obviously cannot… and does not. So which clock stops, if either?
This thread, toward the end, answers the question (if you can sort through the argumentation).
If you are interested in RM:AO, a Unified Field Theory, you can read from several sites, one of which you mentioned;