Note that your intuition takes the form of a universal statement (“all phenomena can be modeled well, with sufficient effort”) while your friend’s takes the form of an existential statement (“some phenomena cannot be modeled well”). This makes your friend’s view more plausible, a priori.
Note that your intuition takes the form of a universal statement (“all phenomena can be modeled well, with sufficient effort”) while your friend’s takes the form of an existential statement (“some phenomena cannot be modeled well”). This makes your friend’s view more plausible, a priori.