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ChristianKl comments on Open thread, Dec. 29, 2014 - Jan 04, 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: ChristianKl 30 December 2014 01:25:04PM 1 point [-]

The best we can do is to falsify a theory (as Karl Popper proposed), but beyond that we can never say anything about whether a theory is true.

You don't have to go that road, you can also say: "The map is not the territory" and stop looking for true maps but rather value maps based on accuracy or usefulness.