[Graybeard]

Originally Posted by MJA 1.. While I appreciate your help in interpreting Einstein's Gravity, Interpretation is all it is. 2.. Interpretation is a form of freedom in itself, isn't it? 3.. Choosing someone else’s interpretation is the freedom of choice. 4.. Whose interpretation of theories do you choose as the best, is it your own or another’s'? 5.. Is there truth in an interpretation of a theory? 6.. Is there truth in a theory? 7.. And what of Faith? 8.. Have you ever tried to find a true interpretation of the Bible? 9.. Can you understand it yourself? 10..How about Shakespeare, what did he mean? 11. And if you find a true interpretation of anything, are you sure it is true? 12.. Where is the truth; that is my question? 13.. What interpretation should I read Greg about truth? 14.. Has the book been written? 15.. Is starlight truly curved by the Sun?

1.. We all have our own 'pictures' in our minds for numbers, colours, concepts, visual and audio perceptions. In this sense we each speak a different language ... Scientists realise this and in order to understand each other they all learnt to 'speak' a common language .. a language highly improbable of misinterpretation ... a language that provides the same answer to the same experiment every time. This is Maths. The interpretation of the answer is individual ... but the interpretation, regardless of spindoctoring, or the path it takes, must always agree with the answer. Otherwise its a mis-interpretation.

2.. Yes

3.. Yes

4.. I stick to the Maths, but use my own concepts. Everybody does ?

5.. Yes. We use concepts to rationalise. But they do not effect the result.

6.. A theory proposes truth. Experiment determines it.

7.. Faith is anything you care to believe that is not supported by experiment. Faith requires you take it as truth on someone elses interpretation.

8.. Yes. But the bible is not supported by maths? its just an ancient and superstitous peoples 'interpretation.'

9.. Yes.

10.. Shakesphere painted word pictures that reflected and enthralled the lives of the people who became his audience. For them he provided a common language (like maths) that allowed them to compare experiences in a new and common way.

11.. We have already agreed, interpretations are only concepts of the truth. Not the truth itself ?

12.. The truth is indisputatable. 2 + 2 = 4. Regardless of our differing interpretations of 2 or four or + or =

13.. For you ... you should read the 'Journey to Ixtlan' but bear in mind it is semi-fiction ... nevertheless it will provide an avenue that may lead you to the truth.

14 .. see above

15.. Yes. What you perceive (interpret) as a straight line is a curved path (geodisic) in Spacetime.

No more questions MJA, I've had enough ... you will have to read up some buddy. Your debating style is to ask 'leading' questions in order to trip the other up and show how foolish the other persons point of view is. But when questioned on your own interpretations you just rubber-stamp your equals sign all over the forum as a sign of great knowledge. This is an insecurity in your own belief. You should reread the forum rules.


cool bananas ... greg