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Is the universe discrete or continuous?

Name: Anonymous 2007-06-17 15:23 ID:sOAYxmbS

What proof is there that the universe is discrete and what proof is there that the universe is continuous?

You can never know if the universe is discrete for certain since even if it appears so there may still be some undetectable phenomena you are unaware of.

You can never find evidence to suggest the universe is continuous as there can never be a scientific instrument capable of infinite accuracy.

Name: Anonymous 2007-06-18 18:52 ID:dBH9v783

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"Long story short there are 2 types of thoughts, a posteriori and a priori. A posteriori represents facts like tangible properties and a priori represents assumptions induced from the facts."

a priori and a posteriori are types of knowledge, not thought, there is a difference. a priori knowledge is the what we can know without reliance on experience.  its not assumption, its more accurately tautology.  it is necessarily true, provided that the logic is correct.  when you define facts as the tangible properties we can experience through observation, you've just separated a priori knowledge from anything to do with facts.  it would be very ironic to undermine a priori knowledge based on a definition.

on the other hand, a posteriori knowledge is a fact only if you assume your observations are accurate to the real existence of what you observe.  and in case your mind should wander to this point, extrapolation to the future from past observations isn't a posteriori knowledge, because you haven't observed the future event yet.

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