The mental move I’m doing for each of these examples is not imagining universes where addition/evolution/other deep theory is wrong, but imagining phenomena/problems where addition/evolution/other deep theory is not adapted. If you’re describing something that doesn’t commute, addition might be a deep theory, but it’s not useful for what you want.
Yeah, this seems reasonable to me. I think “how could you tell that theory is relevant to this domain?” seems like a reasonable question in a way that “what predictions does that theory make?” seems like it’s somehow coming at things from the wrong angle.
Yeah, this seems reasonable to me. I think “how could you tell that theory is relevant to this domain?” seems like a reasonable question in a way that “what predictions does that theory make?” seems like it’s somehow coming at things from the wrong angle.