For the college folks

[Wooddust]

I went to the University of Illinois back when we didn't have computers for class registration. 30000 students stood in lines and waited to register. We also got free stuff from businesses and beer discount coupons to a few bars.

I put all my required classes down and got them in place then I'd look at the girls and find the lines with the most hotties and I'd use those classes for electives.

Ended up after 4 years with a minor in advertising as a result.

 

[Rob-D]

[QUOTEIf it's not known you can't know it!! a priori


But then if that is true how did some of the older well known names like Newton and Edison do any discovering as they didn't know it existed therefore they could not have discovered it.

They had no prior Knowledge!:

What??
If something isn't known than no one knows it!! If someone knows it than it's known. Get it? It has nothing to do with discovery. When we discover something previously unknown it comes into the realm of the known.

And a priori doesn't mean prior knowledge.

Would this mean that those with knowledge are only followers?

If someone knows that a cat has four legs does that make them a follower? No, it means they know something. If someone knows the world is round does it make them a follower? No. Did Einstein's knowledge of the space time continuum mean he was a follower? No, just the opposite.

Rob

 

[Egon]

Did Einstein's knowledge of the space time continuum mean he was a follower? No, just the opposite.

Did he formulate these theory's

If so how could he formulate when there was no prior knowledge?

And a priori doesn't mean prior knowledge.

I haven't a clue what "priori" means. Haven't found a need for it!

 

[Rob-D]

Did he formulate these theory's

If so how could he formulate when there was no prior knowledge?

Before Einstein did anyone know the tremendous energy contained in the atom? No, then Einstein derived his famous formula E=MC^2. He took known information and discovered what was previously unknown which opened the door to the atom bomb and atomic energy. So there was prior knowledge and he put that together to arrive at what was previously unknown.
We do experiments to find results. We don't know those results until the experiment is done. (Max Plank and Ultraviolet Catastrophe for example. The Quantum Theory.)

I haven't a clue what "priori" means. Haven't found a need for it!

All females are women. The statement is self evident without the need for empirical testing, it is a priori as opposed to a posteriori, the result of experiment. They are often used in philosophy. In mathematics Euclid built many of his theorems on a priori statements.

Rob

 

[Egon]

All females are women. The statement is self evident without the need for empirical testing, it is a priori as opposed to a posteriori, the result of experiment. They are often used in philosophy. In mathematics Euclid built many of his theorems on a priori statements.

You mean it's not a Hotel in Quebec!

He took known information and discovered what was previously unknown which opened the door to the atom bomb and atomic energy.

So, there was previous knowledge but after that ended where did this knowledge of discovery come from. Certainly not from a lecturer at some institution I would assume!:thumbsup:

 

[Rob-D]

You mean it's not a Hotel in Quebec!




So, there was previous knowledge but after that ended where did this knowledge of discovery come from. Certainly not from a lecturer at some institution I would assume!:thumbsup:

What ended? Did knowledge end. No! He, like Newton, took what already had been known and arrived at a point that had, until that time, not been known.

The origin of creativity? We don't know that answer. We don't know why or how Einstein and Newton could see what no other person could see.

Rob

 

[Egon]

The origin of creativity? We don't know that answer. We don't know why or how Einstein and Newton could see what no other person could see.

Finally we get to the point!:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

 

[Rob-D]

Finally we get to the point!:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

Huh??

I'm putting you on my ignore list.

 

[scesnick]

I played baseball in college. I had a class called "Theory of Baseball" no kidding. It was right after my intro to golf class....lol...

 

[Egon]

Latin isn't dead it's the root of English

Some folks would say it all started with Sanskrit which evolved into the Indo European branch of languages. Latin is part of this group but plays only a very minor role in the English language.:thumbsup:

It all gets quite involved as one looks deeper.

Indo-European languages are spoken by almost three billion native speakers,[2] the largest number for any recognized language family. Of the top 20 contemporary languages in terms of native speakers according to SIL Ethnologue, twelve are Indo-European: Spanish, English, Hindi, Portuguese, Bengali, Russian, German, Marathi, French, Italian, Punjabi, and Urdu, accounting for over 1.7 billion native speakers.[3]