From: David G. McDivitt (dmcdivitt@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Aug 28 2001 - 19:29:27 MDT
Yes you can change the way gravity acts on your body depending on which
theoretical construct. People do it all the time. People at one time did
not think it was possible to fly. Once shown they could some thought it
was against nature or evil. An airplane defies gravity. There is no
other explanation for it.
Granted, while sitting in the seat one still experiences gravity, so
your argument may be gravity has not been really overcome, but that was
not the context of your original statement. You asked if a person could
change the way gravity acts on the body by changing views. Yes, because
if people did not think it was possible to fly, or defy gravity, it
would never have been attempted.
Why do you say the nonrealist position is subjective? That doesn't make
much sense. Realism is built solely on the premise of a priori or steady
state truth statements. That means when one enters into analytical
reasoning, a criterium is already established with respect to the
result, that it be "real". Seems to me realism is much more subjective
and you have it backwards.
>From: Mike Lorrey <mlorrey@datamann.com>
>Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 18:38:30 -0400
>
>Whether our understanding of a phenomenon is flawed or not does not
>invalidate its existence or cancel out its effects upon us. Can you
>change how gravity acts against your body depending on which theoretical
>construct you happen to believe in? No you can't, can you? Then get over
>your silly subjectivist ideas.
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