If there is no dark matter, Zappa wa right. Mathematics is not empirical. The universe blithly ignores fantastical derivation in favor of mundane observation. Theorists boast promiscuity while empiricists pay child support.
Obadiah Stane, “Tony Stark was able to build this in a cave. With a box of scraps!”
Theory predicts what observation tells it to predict. Already knowing a 40-year old validated answer, and having supercomputers rather than slide rules, did NASA “Return to the Moon!”? Genius requires feeding. Stupidity is its own engine of creation.
If there is no dark matter, Zappa wa right. Mathematics is not empirical. The universe blithly ignores fantastical derivation in favor of mundane observation. Theorists boast promiscuity while empiricists pay child support.
Obadiah Stane, “Tony Stark was able to build this in a cave. With a box of scraps!”
Theory predicts what observation tells it to predict. Already knowing a 40-year old validated answer, and having supercomputers rather than slide rules, did NASA “Return to the Moon!”? Genius requires feeding. Stupidity is its own engine of creation.