tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4939290855438272306.post3045890679230580365..comments2023-09-19T08:52:46.269-05:00Comments on Alms for Oblivion: Scientific Knowledge: Discovered or Invented?piershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12042745369869839918noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4939290855438272306.post-43340274857570339652010-05-26T08:46:07.032-05:002010-05-26T08:46:07.032-05:00The numbers, 0, -1, and i (the square root of -1) ...The numbers, 0, -1, and i (the square root of -1) provide further examples of what I am talking about. No one "discovered" them, exactly; mathematicians discovered that they already existed in the sense that these "numbers" were implicit in the mathematics they already knew; and that without making them explicit, mathematics would soon reach the end of the line.piershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12042745369869839918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4939290855438272306.post-87959946457141211042010-05-25T11:12:18.988-05:002010-05-25T11:12:18.988-05:00The pythagorean theorem could not have been discov...The pythagorean theorem could not have been discovered by experience alone nor could the value of pi. No one would ever have known that the class of prime numbers is infinite unless someone (Euclid) had proven that that in fact is the case. These proofs had to be invented by people who had the wit and imagination to ask the right questions. They were not sitting out there waiting for someone to stumble upon them, though they were true before there was anyone capable of thinking about such matters and they will remain true when no one capable of thinking about such matters exists.piershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12042745369869839918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4939290855438272306.post-38600712752453415242010-05-25T05:02:29.178-05:002010-05-25T05:02:29.178-05:00i believe that knowledge is discovered based on th...i believe that knowledge is discovered based on the steps of scientific generalization which begins with observation, problem identification, hypothesis, data collection, data analysis etc. since there is no new thing under the sun, meaning that all knowledge is based on experience, study and discovery, it can be said that all scientific knowledge is an addition to already existing knowledge.for example, Daltons atomic theory and its modification.kenneth abanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4939290855438272306.post-7853469397097953582009-10-25T16:19:02.682-05:002009-10-25T16:19:02.682-05:00FKKKKKKKK ME HARDFKKKKKKKK ME HARDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com