I only write “idea” instead. If you taboo that too, i start writing “conjecture” or “guess” which is misleading in some contexts. Taboo that too and i might have to say “thought” or “believe” or “misconception” which are even more misleading in many contexts.
In this sense, a building is also knowledge.
Yes buildings rely on, and physically embody, engineering knowledge.
Suppose two theories A and B make identical predictions for the results of all lab experiments carried out thus far but disagree about directions for future research. I would say they make different predictions about which research directions will lead to success, and are therefore not entirely identical.
But they don’t make those predictions. they don’t say this stuff, they embody it in their structure. it’s possible for a theory to be more suited to something, but no one knows that, and it wasn’t made that way on purpose.
I only write “idea” instead. If you taboo that too, i start writing “conjecture” or “guess” which is misleading in some contexts. Taboo that too and i might have to say “thought” or “believe” or “misconception” which are even more misleading in many contexts.
You didn’t read the article, and so you are missing the point. In spectacular fashion I might add.
Yes buildings rely on, and physically embody, engineering knowledge.
So, buildings should be made out of bricks, therefore scientific theories should be made out of bricks?
But they don’t make those predictions. they don’t say this stuff, they embody it in their structure. it’s possible for a theory to be more suited to something, but no one knows that, and it wasn’t made that way on purpose.
I contend that a theory can make more predictions than are explicitly written down. Most theories make infinitely many predictions. A logically omniscient Ideal Bayesian would immediately be able to see all those predictions just from looking at the theory, a Human Bayesian may not, but they still exist.
So, buildings should be made out of bricks, therefore scientific theories should be made out of bricks?
2) I meant something else which you didn’t understand
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Can you specify the infinitely many predictions of the theory “Mary had a little lamb” without missing any I deem important structural issues? Saying the theory “Mary had a little lamb” is not just a prediction but infinitely many predictions is non-standard terminology right? Did you invent this terminology during this argument, or did you always use? Are there articles on it?
Bayesians don’t treat the concept of a theory as being fundamental to epistemology (which is why I wanted to taboo it), so I tried to figure out the closest Bayesian analogue to what you were saying and used that.
As for 1) and 2), I was merely pointing out that “program’s are a type of knowledge, programs should be modular, therefore knowledge should be modular” and “building’s are a type of knowledge, buildings should be made of bricks, therefore knowledge should be made of bricks” are of the same form and equally valid. Since the latter is clearly wrong, I was making the point that the former is also wrong.
To be honest I have never seen a better demonstration of the importance of narrowness than your last few comments, they are exactly the kind of rubbish you end up talking when you make a concept too broad.
What should I do, do you think? I take it you know what my goals are in order to judge this issue. Neat. What are they? Also what’s my reputation like?
I only write “idea” instead. If you taboo that too, i start writing “conjecture” or “guess” which is misleading in some contexts. Taboo that too and i might have to say “thought” or “believe” or “misconception” which are even more misleading in many contexts.
Yes buildings rely on, and physically embody, engineering knowledge.
But they don’t make those predictions. they don’t say this stuff, they embody it in their structure. it’s possible for a theory to be more suited to something, but no one knows that, and it wasn’t made that way on purpose.
The point of tabooing words is to expand your definitions and remove misunderstandings, not to pick almost synonyms.
You didn’t read the article, and so you are missing the point. In spectacular fashion I might add.
So, buildings should be made out of bricks, therefore scientific theories should be made out of bricks?
I contend that a theory can make more predictions than are explicitly written down. Most theories make infinitely many predictions. A logically omniscient Ideal Bayesian would immediately be able to see all those predictions just from looking at the theory, a Human Bayesian may not, but they still exist.
What do you think is more likely:
1) I meant
2) I meant something else which you didn’t understand
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Can you specify the infinitely many predictions of the theory “Mary had a little lamb” without missing any I deem important structural issues? Saying the theory “Mary had a little lamb” is not just a prediction but infinitely many predictions is non-standard terminology right? Did you invent this terminology during this argument, or did you always use? Are there articles on it?
Bayesians don’t treat the concept of a theory as being fundamental to epistemology (which is why I wanted to taboo it), so I tried to figure out the closest Bayesian analogue to what you were saying and used that.
As for 1) and 2), I was merely pointing out that “program’s are a type of knowledge, programs should be modular, therefore knowledge should be modular” and “building’s are a type of knowledge, buildings should be made of bricks, therefore knowledge should be made of bricks” are of the same form and equally valid. Since the latter is clearly wrong, I was making the point that the former is also wrong.
To be honest I have never seen a better demonstration of the importance of narrowness than your last few comments, they are exactly the kind of rubbish you end up talking when you make a concept too broad.
I didn’t make that argument. Try to be more careful not to put words into my mouth.
When you have a reputation like curi’s this is exactly the sort of rhetorical question you should avoid asking.
What should I do, do you think? I take it you know what my goals are in order to judge this issue. Neat. What are they? Also what’s my reputation like?