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tachim | 4 years ago

Science definitely involves explanation as well as prediction, otherwise we’d still be iterating on more and more complex epicycles as predictive models for astrophysics. Induction isn’t everything.

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kubanczyk|4 years ago

Prediction and Ockham's razor. "Explaining" is nothing more than hitting someone's head with verbiage until they capitulate.