Fugitive Cryptocurrency Mogul on Nostr: npub1traay…wnpqw npub1skvad…laky3 I tend to view theories as approximations, each ...

npub1traay5jdde50ps7y3mqdullw29a0pncqsg9vy637c8x7uyrwnvsq0wnpqw (npub1tra…npqw) npub1skvad2l2wrxgdmt6yxk9kt2rjhw5tucjzhf54pktfq2gg0qhgwyqdlaky3 (npub1skv…aky3) I tend to view theories as approximations, each of which has predictive validity in some specific domain and fails outside that domain. So an early, relatively primitive theory is still a theory, just a first-approximation one. I'm still working on articulating to myself the distinction and relation between predictive power and explanatory, especially in the face of quantum theories with high predictive accuracy but disputed interpretation. Epistemology is knotty stuff