For over two thousand years, thinker have devised theoretical explanation in cosmology, motion, heat, order, light and so on that have turned out to be wrong.
Is it the case that to be convincing, a theory of physical physics must be able to built to be trusted?
And even if a theory leads to an engineered machine, maybe the machine works even though the theory is wrong?
How do we know when a theory of physics is right?
Can theoretical physics be valid in the absence of experiment?
Your views?
All theories are wrong in general when it comes to being 100% accurate... but If the machine works in real world, the said theory in question has a right to be considered as a scientifically valid discovery.
Why have the physical constants the value they have?
As long as you can't answer this question, you haven't understood fundamental physics.
JES
The known as exact sciences (among others physics ... and so on) aim to respond to ’’the how question‘’.
If one can‘t differentiate social sciences (which sometimes attempt to respond in vain to “the why question‘’ ) from fundamental Physics, then he fundamentally doesn't understand his own question.
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