[Avodah] laws of nature

[Eli Turkel via Avodah]

I just finished reading the book QED (quantum electrodynamics) by Richard
Feynman who received a Nobel prize for his part in the theory

He stresses in the book that the purpose of physics is to determine the
results in the real world, i.e. the how and not the why. Thus, while
quantum theory is weird and not understood by anyone QED is much more
strange. In the calculations .while includes an electron emitting an photon
and then reabsorbing the same photon. A photon can create an electron and
positron and then annihilate themselves to create a photon etc. He stresses
that we don't know iof all this really happens but the theory matched many
experimenst to multiple digits of accuracy and so it is "correct".

There are those that claim that there is nothing as a law of nature but
rather G-d continually guides every single incident to the identical
result. Feynman would claim that such a claim is irrelevant (perhaps true
but irrelevant)

1) It is impossible to even theoretically create an experiment that would
prove or disprove the assertion
2) It does nothing to help determine the outcome of any experiment and so
is irrelevant for physics.
One can argue for G-d and one can argue for an alien race that determines
everything in the world using their super-super computer.

Note the same argument applies to those that argue that the world is some
5700 years and was created so that it looks older. Again it can never be
tested and can never help any measurement.
One can equally well believe the world was created 200 years to look older.

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On another matter Feynman was considered a genius among Nobel prize
winners. However, some of his actions were quite immoral showing that there
is no connection between brilliance and morality

-- 
Eli Turkel
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