Caledonian2 comments on Collapse Postulates - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Caledonian2 10 May 2008 04:01:33AM -1 points [-]

Theories make predictions, interpretations of theories do not.

That's precisely the point!

Arguing over the 'interpretations' is pointless. Even if we could identify a difference in the implications, we don't have any relevant data that would permit us to distinguish them. So there are no grounds for rejecting or accepting any one of them - doing so is departing from rational skepticism.

We don't even have a difference of implication between the interpretations. So there isn't even a theoretical distinction between them.

Are you a professional philosopher by any chance, Dustin?