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You do though. Weakness of theories is only relevant compared to each other, we use the best we currently have.
by Scarblac 7y ago
You do though. Weakness of theories is only relevant compared to each other, we use the best we currently have.
- foldr 7y ago> Weakness of theories is only relevant compared to each other, Surely not. We're also interested in how explanatory a theory is, and in whether or not we have strong grounds to think it true. If what you were saying were correct, it would have been wrong to point out in 1860 that Newton's theory made incorrect predictions regarding the orbit of Mercury.