on certainty 600

600. What kind of grounds do I have for trusting text-books of experimental physics?

I have no grounds for not trusting them. And I trust them. I know how such books are produced – or rather I believe I know. I have some evidence, but it does not go very far and is of a scattered kind. I have heard, seen and read various things.  

if by ‘grounds’ – you mean – certainties –

there are no grounds –

if on the other hand – if you mean – ‘accepted practices’ –

then that’s it –

yes – you will have supposed authorities thrown at you –

but all that amounts to is persuasion –

rhetoric

and any so called ‘evidence’ –

is open to question –

open to doubt

the real value of evidence –

is that it points us to uncertainty –

and in so doing –

destroys illusion

and pretension

© greg t. charlton. 2010.