No. It like saying that a rule with as many special cases as data points is not actually a general rule. It is just a collection of special cases that explain

No. It like saying that a rule with as many special cases as data points is not actually a general rule. It is just a collection of special cases that explains nothing. More precisely, if you give a model enough parameters, you can always have it describe your data well. The question is whether it is likely to predict future data. And the answer is no.