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Well put. I'd add that theories can produce predictions, and if the predictions can be proved experimentally, all the better for the theory.
by johndunne 3y ago
Well put. I'd add that theories can produce predictions, and if the predictions can be proved experimentally, all the better for the theory.
- anonymous_sorry 3y agoOr perhaps even stronger - theories _should_ produce predictions.
- mrguyorama 3y agoAny theory that cannot make a prediction isn't a theory but rather a data compression method.