human-mathematics comments on Were atoms real? - Less Wrong

61 Post author: AnnaSalamon 08 December 2010 05:30PM

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Comment author: human-mathematics 14 December 2010 09:05:22AM 0 points [-]

I'm not sure what point you're trying to make, if you're trying to make one.

One other constructive criticism: why don't you consider some non-examples? I mean, theories that gave good predictions, seemed to generalize, and then, didn't?

I can't think of any stellar examples right now, but the lame example of the black swan comes to mind.