Comment by deytempo
7 years ago
It’s quite possible to have an understanding of something that works in some situations but does not explain every situation. I would say that we have mathematics models of fairly large portions of physics but they are limited because they can’t explain how gravitation works. We can describe how we see it working but not explain how and why it works. I think there will always be new more complete models that encompass more and more of what we cannot explain.
> It’s quite possible to have an understanding of something that works in some situations but does not explain every situation.
Ah. You're thinking of engineering, not theoretical physics.