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Goodness... isn't that what we scientists say we are doing? Scientists
have similar lab exercises in which we ask students to observe something
and write down observations. I am used to that. But I was not as
accustomed to observing and drawing. Additionally, artists spend
considerable time trying to understand reality then communicate through
color and shading.
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What is charge? What is a field? What is a particle? What is a wave?
Are any of these more than concepts? Why do some think it is
inappropriate to reify things that others view as real? I can see
rationale for two extreme views... (1) Since everything we "know" is a
mental concept, nothing is real. We should not reify anything. (2)
Since we observe things and have learned to communicate these things to
others, and they observe them also, and they measure similar data, and
we all can draw predictive conclusions that we all observe to be born
out... everything that fits this pattern is reality.