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Science is a blackbox. We make theories about the world we live in based upon the results of experiments. Richard Feynman commented method of thinking about sci
by sevenproxies 15y ago
Science is a blackbox. We make theories about the world we live in based upon the results of experiments. Richard Feynman commented method of thinking about science on one of his videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1dgrvlWML4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1dgrvlWML4
- jerf 15y agoScience studies a black box. The science itself shouldn't be a black box. What is the added value of a black box representation of a black box?
- cbr 15y ago> What is the added value of a black box representation of a black box? The ability to make predictions.
- jerf 15y agoHow? You handed me a black box. You wrote some code, and you fed it some data, and you made some prediction, and all I really have is your word for it that your prediction worked, but I sure can't do anything with it. I don't know what it is or how it works, how to extend it, how to build on it, anything. That's not science by any useful definition of the term.