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A set of correlations identified automatically in the input data - is that a theory, or merely output data?
by SideburnsOfDoom 6y ago
A set of correlations identified automatically in the input data - is that a theory, or merely output data?
- glaberficken 6y agoExactly what I thought. A theory has to make a falsifiable prediction. A correlation is not a falsifiable prediction.
- SideburnsOfDoom 6y ago> A theory has to make a falsifiable prediction. A correlation is not a falsifiable prediction Yes, you're correct. However, identifying the correlations is a necessary precondition to making a theory about them. And the automated analysis can help with that step.