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The abstraction paradox is with regard to any abstraction. Theories are abstractions. But science is not just theories. It's application as you say. Arguments s
by unabst 11y ago
The abstraction paradox is with regard to any abstraction. Theories are abstractions. But science is not just theories. It's application as you say. Arguments should be over accuracy and application. To simply prove a theory wrong is redundant because it will always be possible. It's what can be referred to as a "dick move".
Your tone was misleading, but everything you said backs the theory. I must thank you.
- julie1 11y agoA map is not the territory it represents, but, if correct, it has a similar structure to the territory, which accounts for its usefulness. — Alfred Korzybski, Science and Sanity (1933, p. 58)