JoshuaZ comments on Significance of Compression Rate Method - Less Wrong

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Comment author: RobinZ 30 May 2010 03:01:01PM *  1 point [-]

Not read the article yet, but:

Summary: The significance of the Compression Rate Method (CRM) is that it justifies a form of hard empirical science that does not depend on controlled experimentation.

Like astrophysics, cosmology, evolutionary biology, and geology?

I'm not sure that hard empirical science sans controlled experimentation needs justification.

I'll read the article, now.

Edit: I have nothing to say about the article.

Comment author: JoshuaZ 30 May 2010 09:07:16PM 1 point [-]

Evolutionary biology is subject to a lot of controlled experiments. See my reply to Marks below.