Anyone into wych craft then?

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Atoms are observable.

I've never seen one, only pictorial representations of what we think they would look like if we could see them with our own eyes. Have you?

Atoms are particles, therefore "particles" are observable.

Actually atoms are collections of particles, clustered together via the weak and strong nuclear forces.

Waves are observable.

Rolling waves coming in from the sea, perhaps, but quantum waves? I don't think so, detectable, inferrable, yes, observable? Probably yes, arguably, but when the "observation" eventually becomes an abstract though in your mind, or on paper, does it then bear any actual similatory to what you were initially inspecting? Is it really matter?

Photos are observable.

Photons are part of the process of observing, not the observable. But yes, deliberate ambiguity aside, they are also detectable and measurable physical quantities.

Viruses are observable.

Yes, but are they attacking us like the scientists are teliing us? Or is that we are simply failing to integrate them into our structure?

String theory is a theory.

A theory with no less than 5 distinct, independent, inconsolable mathematical models to describe it, and a theory which was "conjured" up to explain away all the irregularites in fundamental particle physics.

Dimensions are observable (at least the 3 we're able to discern, plus time if you count it as a dimension)

We wouldn't be able to observe WITHIN the other 3 if time didn't exist.

Time dilation is observable and confirmed

Truuue..

Black holes can be inferred to exist. Just because we can't see them (by definition, since they also trap light), doesn't mean they exist. Like air, we can't see it yet we breathe, and it's measurable.

Did you know that the word "spirit" comes from the latin "spiritus" which means "breath"?

Spirit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dark matter is a theory but there is very strong evidence it exists.
Light is observable

I'm not sure what your point was tho..

My point is science infers or measures the existence of something, you can argue this is a valid form of observation, but it does not constitutes proof of existence, certainly not where the quantum world is concerned. These concepts would be totally alien to an ancient tribal civilisation, just as their view of the universe might seem completely absurd to us.

Knowledge is subjective. It only has meaning within the context of a paradigm.