> but the reality eerily matches this hypothesis, Of course it does, since you developed it to fit the data. Try making a prediction about things you don't kno

> but the reality eerily matches this hypothesis, Of course it does, since you developed it to fit the data. Try making a prediction about things you don't know yet instead of creating a hypothesis for observed data, which is easy to make fit. Humans are great at developing arbitrary stories for observed data, nut nearly as good at making predictions (other than linear extensions of currently observable trends). If your theory only "predicts" the data you used to develop it it's just a story.