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The issue Chomsky raises isn't that statistical models aren't predictive enough, but that you don't understand they don't typically yield any understanding of t
by foobarqux 10y ago
The issue Chomsky raises isn't that statistical models aren't predictive enough, but that you don't understand they don't typically yield any understanding of the underlying system.
- mcguire 10y agoSimilarly (and I understand this argument went through physics long before quantum mechanics showed up and made the argument seem silly), the ideal gas law, say, is predictive, but doesn't yield any understanding of the underlying system.