Max More:
> Philosophical nit-pick: The logical positivists would not say this. They
> would say that the question of the existence of atoms is meaningless *if*
> they cannot be observed. Any statement that cannot be broken down into
> directly observable entities is meaningless to the logical positivists.
What would "directly observable" mean? Eyes? Light microscope?
Accelerator? Where does one draw the line?
Regards,
--dv, amateur nit-pick