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The world after reality | Hilary Lawson

Philosophy For Our Times

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Is There a Model Independent Test of Reality?

Stephen Hawking abandoned the theory of everything in 2010. He concluded that there is no model independent test of reality. So we've got no way of looking through to see how reality is independently of our models, he says. We come from a perspective which is a function of our physiology and society. And so we can't somehow escape that perspective to see down, to see howreality is in itself.

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