> On 25 Jun 2020, at 23:06, 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On 6/25/2020 1:29 PM, Philip Thrift wrote: >> >>> Explanations" are a dime dozen. > > > > Prediction is the gold standard. >>> Brent >> Though "predictions are overvalued": >> >> http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2020/05/predictions-are-overrated.html >> >> >> (They do not determine theories.) > > But they determine what theories are wrong. Most of Sabine's essay is > incoherent. She makes up examples in which someone predicts many contrary > results, as though that's an example of prediction by a theory. Then she > says the important thing is "explanatory power", but neglects to point out > that "God did it." has perfect explanatory power.
? God did it, or “there is a universe” have 0 explanatory power. I have no clues why you say that “God did it” has some explanatory power, unless you think about a precise theory of God explaining how God did, but that will be much more than “God did it”. Bruno > > Brent > >> >> @philipthrift >> > > > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/8345f6fa-4e0a-2aa3-7b19-a86066c11cea%40verizon.net. -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/0D59FA2A-AA39-4636-827C-DA0B5649E3F2%40ulb.ac.be.
