fractalman comments on Model Combination and Adjustment - Less Wrong

49 Post author: lukeprog 17 July 2013 08:31PM

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Comment author: fractalman 14 July 2013 08:45:19PM 1 point [-]

"What does more than one model being correct mean?"

maybe something like string theory? The 5 lesser theories look totally different...and then turn out to tranform into one another when you fiddle with the coupling constant.

Comment author: [deleted] 14 July 2013 10:56:21PM 2 points [-]

Seeing the words “string” and “fiddle” on top of each other primed me to think of their literal meanings, which I wouldn't otherwise consciously thought of.