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NancyLebovitz comments on Open Thread, November 23-30, 2013 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 28 November 2013 05:04:25PM *  1 point [-]

Even harder than recognizing proto-sciences-- how could you recognize a basis for a system which hasn't yet been invented?

The real world example is the collection of astronomical data long before there was any astronomy.

Comment author: ChristianKl 29 November 2013 09:18:28AM 0 points [-]

Making up new systems isn't that hard. The difficult thing is to make up systems that are useful.