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same as everything else, the more changes it requires from the current model the less likely it's the solution
by LoSboccacc 6y ago
same as everything else, the more changes it requires from the current model the less likely it's the solution
- enkid 6y agoThat's not how I judge likelihood at all. If you were to say that there is more mathematical wiggle room for other explanations, I would be more likely to agree, but simply having to change models has no impact on likelihood. That thinking would make Quantum Mechanics, Special Relativity, Natural Selection, or Genetics unlikely. Your argument could even be used to explain why it's more likely that the earth is flat because that's the intuitive model.
- LoSboccacc 6y agounlikely doesn't mean it's less good of a theory. it means the bar for verification/falsification is so much higher.