4 ms·
> The goal of science is to provide predictive models of the observed data. This, a 100%. The "explaining how the world works" is only interesting insofar as
by ur-whale 3y ago
> The goal of science is to provide predictive models of the observed data.
This, a 100%.
The "explaining how the world works" is only interesting insofar as it helps produce further and better predictive models (BTW Feynmann had that exact same view [1])
Everything else is intellectual onanism, an unfortunately rather common academic pursuit.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Kab9dkDZJY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Kab9dkDZJY