604. In a
court of law the statement of a physicist that water boils at about 100 degrees
C. would be accepted unconditionally as truth.
If I
mistrusted this statement what could I do to undermine it? Set up experiments
myself? What would they prove?
whether or not the statement is accepted as
unconditionally true in a court of law –
is not relevant here –
any proposition – regardless of whether it
has the backing of so called ‘authorities’ –
is a proposal
–
that is to say – open to question – open to
doubt –
to ‘mistrust’ it – is to question the proposition
–
to doubt it –
that is to say – to understand it
any experiment you perform –
will be open to question –
open to doubt –
if by ‘proof’ you mean –
reaching a conclusion that is certain –
there is no proof
© greg t.charlton. 2010.
