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No, I'm right for the right reason. All extrapolations of this type are difficult to prove out. They are based on a lot of assumptions. Those assumptions may n
by IanDrake 10y ago
No, I'm right for the right reason.
All extrapolations of this type are difficult to prove out. They are based on a lot of assumptions. Those assumptions may not all be right and some critical components might be missing. The model being used to compute slippage over time might be overfit to the parameters.
If I declared the world to be flat then proved it by going to a truly flat field to provide parameters to a mathematical model that showed I was correct, it wouldn't make me correct no matter how convincing my credentials or my paper.
- mikeash 10y agoYou have no idea if you're right or if this conclusion is actually correct. If the conclusion is wrong, you have no idea if it's wrong because of the problem you posted, or if it's wrong because of something completely different. Virtually all science is wrong in some respect. You can get a great batting average by just saying "no, wrong" to everything you see. That doesn't make it useful, nor does it make your reasons for saying "wrong" correct.