second-brain pt 2: ontology
Science progresses via a collapsing of ontology into the new. A new framework emerges that alters how we define reality (ontology). The old ontology collapses under the weight of what it can no longer explain. The new order of meaning emerges, whereby yesterday’s observations are redeemed from their isolation and reinterpreted as signs of a deeper order. Examples of this include the shift from the geocentric (Earth-centered) to the heliocentric model of the universe. Or the transition from Newtonian mechanics to Einsteinian relativity. ...