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The inherent problem of scientific theories
- te_platt 18y agoI would have titled it "The inherent problem of scientific theories if you think science is to establish TRUTH or to PROVE cause and effect". This "inherent" problem goes away if you consider science as a process of finding better means to make better predictions.
- nazgulnarsil 18y agoexactly, please superimpose a utility function on all epistemological problems in the future.
- sanj 18y agoThis reads like a (poor) freshman philosophy essay.
- anewaccountname 18y agoYeah you're right, it reminded me of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance too.
- rms 18y agoFreshman philosophy essays don't generally discuss the philosophy of Bayes's theorem. Usually they discuss the kind of philosophy rendered irrelevant by the advances of Chomsky and Wittgenstein. Here, I suspect the problem is that the essay is telling you something you already know in too many words.
- maurycy 18y agoRecommended reading: Karl Popper. (There is a very good introduction: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/popper/ http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/popper/)