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Originally Posted by CraigS
Bert;
Are you tellin' me that we can't gain any understandable knowledge of the physical world from the Science of Astronomy ? 
Bear Grylls beats around bushes … and he's a living legend !
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I should have answered more informatively.
A very smart lecturer taught me years ago
One observation was just a point.
Two observations only imply a trend.
Three may give you a straight line trend.
It is only through many observations with all available means can we work out how things tick. These observations should fit any theory and be self consistent across all scientific fields. Like QM and gravity!
Astronomy is not an isolated science. Of course this is stating the bleeding obvious but it needs to be said.
A gedunken experiment based on two photons with the dubious honour of being the last from their respective sources will never give any insight no matter how carefully 'measured'.
Our reality is the constant interaction of uncountable energy interactions that all affect each other and further interactions ad infinitum. When the interactions stop reality stops. All of us come from the dust and gases from many stars and supernovae. The coldest places in our galaxy are even now accreting dust and gas for new stars and planets. Gravity can only collect this nebulous material when it slows to a crawl.
I wish I could explain my ideas better but like most humans I am limited by my own ignorance and time and space on this forum. My interpretation of the Universe changes as I get older and all are 'correct' as they are all equally wrong!
Bert