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there is no empirical aspect at all to Wolfram's work, so it cannot be said that he is conducting experiments in any meaningful sense. Wolfram's 'new science'
by Barrin92 5y ago
there is no empirical aspect at all to Wolfram's work, so it cannot be said that he is conducting experiments in any meaningful sense.
Wolfram's 'new science' of physics improves in no way at all over existing models when it comes to making predictions about the physical world.
- mensetmanusman 5y agoThis is true at the “”””cutting edge”””” of physics where most hypothesis that are taken “seriously” are not falsifiable. http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2017/11/how-popper-killed-particle-physics.html?m=1 http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2017/11/how-popper-killed-p...
- Barrin92 5y agoI'm unsure if you're disagreeing or agreeing with me because I agree with the piece. And Sabine isn't saying that top physics isn't falsifiable, she's saying that it is, but that this is not enough. Which is true. Falsifiability is not sufficient, but it is still a necessary requirement. If your physical theory cannot even be tested against the world, it is not physics. If it can, that still might not make it relevant. Wolfram's theory though is worse in that it doesn't appear to be even testable, doesn't build on things we know describe the world well,
- mensetmanusman 5y agoI just view a lot of Wolfram’s work as actually sharing the messy details of thinking about crazy things :) I don’t think he is the next timecube guy, but I am more glad he is sharing than not.