Re: Against Fundamentalism!

From: Russell Standish <r.standish.domain.name.hidden>
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2005 10:45:17 +1000

On Mon, Jun 06, 2005 at 12:40:03PM -0400, daddycaylor.domain.name.hidden wrote:
> ...but of course explanation is more fundamental than prediction.
>
> Tom Caylor
>

I wouldn't say that! Both of these properties are orthogonal to each
other. Typical scientific theories exist on a tradeoff curve (Pareto
front for those in the know) between explanatory power and predictive
power.

Cheers

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