I should have said that by ad hoc I mean with no, or little, theoretical justification. That is, adjusting the threoy to fit the data, but with for no compelling theoretical justification.
On 2 December 2013 15:42, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: > Ad hoc modifications to our existing theories. Although it looks like it's > actually bolt-on extras to Newtonian gravitation... > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOND > > > > On 2 December 2013 14:33, Richard Ruquist <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Can you explain what you mean by 'bolt-on extras to GR'? >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
