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From: brooks@lll-crg.ARPA (Eugene D. Brooks III)
Newsgroups: net.physics
Subject: Re: Re: Aesthetics and intuition in physics
Message-ID: <652@lll-crg.ARPA>
Date: Thu, 20-Jun-85 12:19:36 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 20 12:19:36 1985
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> > Give me a break,  aesthetics and intuition like beauty are in the the eye
> > of the beholder!  The bottom line for physical theory is whether or not it
> > is in agreement with experimental data, not just one part of it but ALL if it.
> 
> I think that lll-crg!brooks passes off aesthetics and intuition a little
> too lightly.  I think that it is important that the supporting description
> of a theory appeal to people's aesthetics and intuition.  I think that many

Not True, The real fact is that lll-crg!brooks finds QM totally acceptible
on the aesthetics and intuition front.  Aesthetics and intuition are not the
same for everyone.