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The model being incomplete is not the same thing as saying empiricism is the primary requirement. The use of assumptions, similarly, does not sit before eviden
by plaguepilled 4y ago
The model being incomplete is not the same thing as saying empiricism is the primary requirement.
The use of assumptions, similarly, does not sit before evidence fit. When we find results that contradict a theory with evidence, we often throw away the assumptions because we realise them as tools no longer fit for the job.
- meltyness 4y agoThe assumptions I'm discussing are the permissive types which serve as a trapdoor for good explanations, those don't get thrown out. Unsupported assumptions, like substructure where none had been observed, aren't thrown out until evidence contradicts them. For example in the case of the ether. Or in the case of strings, as yet untested.
- plaguepilled 4y agoThey still only get credence as long as they don't disagree with experiment.