Re: validation from data is also insufficient

[Alex Lancaster]

>>>>> "RS" == Ralf Stephan <address@hidden> writes:

RS> cal:
>> just to throw in another odd fact, remember that ptolemy's model of
>> the solar system was much more accurate than copernicus' for many
>> years (i think it was even a few hundred years), until the
>> sun-centered model started to use ellipses (after kepler and
>> newton) and the data got lots better

RS> But then, Ptolemy used a lot (40?) of circles.  So there's Occam's
RS> razor.  On another note, if there are errors that are more likely
RS> to be made by all human modelers (be it from quantum brain wiring
RS> or such), then surely all fitting models at least represent human
RS> understanding of the topic better than only one would?  Isn't this
RS> very similar to how scientic progress happens, in nat.sci anyway?
RS> Several models are built until there's more data to kill the unfit
RS> ones.

RS> Should reread my Horgan, ralf -- http://ME.IN-berlin.de/~rws/ No
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