subod_83 comments on Friedman's "Prediction vs. Explanation" - Less Wrong

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Comment author: subod_83 29 March 2010 12:07:37PM 0 points [-]

Since both theories satisfy all 20 experiments, for all intents and purposes of experimentation the theories are both equally valid or equally invalid.

Comment author: wedrifid 29 March 2010 01:09:46PM *  3 points [-]

My theory after seeing all 20 experiments is:

  • The first in the series will be 'A'
  • The second in the series will be 'B'
  • The third in the series will be 'C'
  • The fourth in the series will be 'D'
  • The fifth in the series will be 'E'
  • The sixth in the series will be 'F'
  • The seventh in the series will be 'G'
  • The eighth in the series will be 'H'
  • The ninth in the series will be 'I'
  • The tenth in the series will be 'J'
  • The eleventh in the series will be 'K'
  • The twelfth in the series will be 'L'
  • The thirteenth in the series will be 'M'
  • The fourteenth in the series will be 'N'
  • The fifteenth in the series will be 'O'
  • The sixteenth in the series will be 'P'
  • The eighteenth in the series will be 'Q'
  • The twentieth in the series will be 'R'
  • The twenty first in the series will be a camel.

Those guys who have the theories "Each experiment will give a successive letter of the alphabet" and "Each experiment will give the next ASCII character" may be 'equally valid or invalid' but, well, they lack creativity, don't you think?

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