Consider the hypothesis:
On August 1st 2008 at midnight Greenwich time, a one-foot sphere of chocolate cake spontaneously formed in the center of the Sun; and then, in the natural course of events, this Boltzmann Cake almost instantly dissolved.
I would say that this hypothesis is meaningful and almost certainly false. Not that it is “meaningless”. Even though I cannot think of any possible experimental test that would discriminate between its being true, and its being false.
I would say that this hypothesis is meaningful and almost certainly false. Not that it is “meaningless”. Even though I cannot think of any possible experimental test that would discriminate between its being true, and its being false.
Well, if you had access to a time machine and some sensing device that could survive the environment of the Sun...
Yeah, I’m a nitpicker. I’m also not as good at picking nits as I might like.
Well, if you had access to a time machine and some sensing device that could survive the environment of the Sun...
Yeah, I’m a nitpicker. I’m also not as good at picking nits as I might like.