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The fact that glass knocked off a table in Lima shattered on concrete floor, as one would expect, also has nothing to do with logic."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/6611576047635784058\/comments\/default\/3463973669445039452"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/6611576047635784058\/comments\/default\/3463973669445039452"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/backreaction.blogspot.com\/2020\/04\/the-raven-paradox.html?showComment=1588668215051#c3463973669445039452","title":""},{"rel":"related","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/6611576047635784058\/comments\/default\/8506623235769967068"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Olmo Sirk"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/12676046817371118267"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-7e06jyPM-XA\/T60bEQmnogI\/AAAAAAAAABs\/5tP-ZQxajUc\/s220\/olmoport.png"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/backreaction.blogspot.com\/2020\/04\/the-raven-paradox.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-6611576047635784058","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22973357/posts/default/6611576047635784058","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-849472990"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"4:43 AM, May 05, 2020"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-8018156405025981440"},"published":{"$t":"2020-05-05T04:34:24.508-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-05-05T04:34:24.508-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"If this was less respectful blog I would simply sa..."},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"If this was less respectful blog I would simply say: +1\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESchools need to re-intruduce logic classes, I\u0026#39;m thinking 3-4th grade. While it is true logic on itself isn\u0026#39;t really required in everyday\u0026#39;s life it is hidden foundation for common sense and that is going the way of the dodo. 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At the end, there is no agreement between physicists to this end.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWe can say whether science "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/5899486168417191365\/comments\/default\/6553059651302195818"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/5899486168417191365\/comments\/default\/6553059651302195818"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/backreaction.blogspot.com\/2020\/05\/predictions-are-overrated.html?showComment=1588662764673#c6553059651302195818","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Evgenii Rudnyi"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/01535547902638172794"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-McPdoEp9XjI\/XCy5PAxHXPI\/AAAAAAAAAAQ\/ikHfHWDchWIIDZ1428Eo11Th5rNafEmCQCK4BGAYYCw\/s220\/full2.jpg"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/backreaction.blogspot.com\/2020\/05\/predictions-are-overrated.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-5899486168417191365","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22973357/posts/default/5899486168417191365","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-518247273"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"3:12 AM, May 05, 2020"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-8636210811085775529"},"published":{"$t":"2020-05-05T01:58:11.723-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-05-05T01:58:11.723-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The world, it seems, is filled with people who mis..."},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"The world, it seems, is filled with people who mistakenly think that a theory which is less complex than other theories is always the more preferable theory.  That may be true if both theories being compared are incorrect, and if the comparer prefers less complex theories. If one of the theories being compared is correct and the others are incorrect, their relative complexity is immaterial, as is"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/5899486168417191365\/comments\/default\/8636210811085775529"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/5899486168417191365\/comments\/default\/8636210811085775529"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/backreaction.blogspot.com\/2020\/05\/predictions-are-overrated.html?showComment=1588658291723#c8636210811085775529","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Joe Average Dude"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/13745666028243042471"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/backreaction.blogspot.com\/2020\/05\/predictions-are-overrated.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-5899486168417191365","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22973357/posts/default/5899486168417191365","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1366419504"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"1:58 AM, May 05, 2020"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-4661920844680927186"},"published":{"$t":"2020-05-05T01:06:37.456-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-05-05T01:06:37.456-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Glen,\n\nThanks, I have fixed that. "},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Glen,\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThanks, I have fixed that. "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/5899486168417191365\/comments\/default\/4661920844680927186"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/5899486168417191365\/comments\/default\/4661920844680927186"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/backreaction.blogspot.com\/2020\/05\/predictions-are-overrated.html?showComment=1588655197456#c4661920844680927186","title":""},{"rel":"related","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/5899486168417191365\/comments\/default\/5723179219368348097"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Sabine Hossenfelder"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06151209308084588985"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/backreaction.blogspot.com\/2020\/05\/predictions-are-overrated.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-5899486168417191365","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22973357/posts/default/5899486168417191365","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-2049897073"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"1:06 AM, May 05, 2020"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-5116185954060275481"},"published":{"$t":"2020-05-05T01:05:13.180-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-05-05T01:05:13.180-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"I am not talking about falsification, on what Laka..."},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"I am not talking about falsification, on what Lakatos, for all I can tell, had a reasonable position. My biggest problem with his approach is the imo confusing and superfluous notion of \u0026quot;research programs\u0026quot;. I am here talking about the need to make a prediction for something that has not yet been observed. "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/5899486168417191365\/comments\/default\/5116185954060275481"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/5899486168417191365\/comments\/default\/5116185954060275481"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/backreaction.blogspot.com\/2020\/05\/predictions-are-overrated.html?showComment=1588655113180#c5116185954060275481","title":""},{"rel":"related","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/5899486168417191365\/comments\/default\/7355048414846919500"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Sabine Hossenfelder"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06151209308084588985"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/backreaction.blogspot.com\/2020\/05\/predictions-are-overrated.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-5899486168417191365","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22973357/posts/default/5899486168417191365","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-2049897073"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"1:05 AM, May 05, 2020"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-7924571286367678930"},"published":{"$t":"2020-05-05T01:03:14.172-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-05-05T01:03:14.172-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Mike,\n\nThanks for spotting this typo, I have fixed..."},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Mike,\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThanks for spotting this typo, I have fixed it.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAs to supersymmetry. Lots of people have \u0026quot;blown the whistle\u0026quot; on this, but it makes no difference. The reason is quite simply that physicists can earn a living writing papers about useless theories, and they have fun doing so, so of course they continue doing it. If you could make money having fun with doing "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/5899486168417191365\/comments\/default\/7924571286367678930"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/5899486168417191365\/comments\/default\/7924571286367678930"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/backreaction.blogspot.com\/2020\/05\/predictions-are-overrated.html?showComment=1588654994172#c7924571286367678930","title":""},{"rel":"related","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/5899486168417191365\/comments\/default\/5545489140757512041"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Sabine Hossenfelder"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06151209308084588985"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/backreaction.blogspot.com\/2020\/05\/predictions-are-overrated.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-5899486168417191365","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22973357/posts/default/5899486168417191365","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-2049897073"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"1:03 AM, May 05, 2020"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-5159846747706255914"},"published":{"$t":"2020-05-05T01:00:54.349-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-05-05T01:00:54.349-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Tam,\n\nWhether a scientific theory is \u0026quot;interes..."},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Tam,\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhether a scientific theory is \u0026quot;interesting\u0026quot; is a different question altogether. And it is ultimately a value decision, so not one that we are going to answer, here or elsewhere. But let me ask you this, suppose string theorists managed tomorrow to calculate the masses of all the particles of the standard model correctly to within measurement precision. Would you call "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/5899486168417191365\/comments\/default\/5159846747706255914"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/5899486168417191365\/comments\/default\/5159846747706255914"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/backreaction.blogspot.com\/2020\/05\/predictions-are-overrated.html?showComment=1588654854349#c5159846747706255914","title":""},{"rel":"related","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/5899486168417191365\/comments\/default\/4127146279206887249"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Sabine Hossenfelder"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06151209308084588985"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/backreaction.blogspot.com\/2020\/05\/predictions-are-overrated.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-5899486168417191365","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22973357/posts/default/5899486168417191365","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-2049897073"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"1:00 AM, May 05, 2020"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-7129172598337670278"},"published":{"$t":"2020-05-05T00:58:38.895-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-05-05T00:58:38.895-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"I didn\u0026#39;t say that philosophers didn\u0026#39;t (or ..."},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"I didn\u0026#39;t say that philosophers didn\u0026#39;t (or don\u0026#39;t) understand science. Fwiw, most philosophers I know happen to have a PhD in physics. I said that they were not looking for a criterion that would require an actual understanding of the science. They were looking for a one-size-fits-all approach of telling science from pseudoscience. Asking for predictions is not a bad idea to that end. "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/5899486168417191365\/comments\/default\/7129172598337670278"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/5899486168417191365\/comments\/default\/7129172598337670278"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/backreaction.blogspot.com\/2020\/05\/predictions-are-overrated.html?showComment=1588654718895#c7129172598337670278","title":""},{"rel":"related","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/5899486168417191365\/comments\/default\/6035301768247450055"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Sabine Hossenfelder"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06151209308084588985"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/backreaction.blogspot.com\/2020\/05\/predictions-are-overrated.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-5899486168417191365","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22973357/posts/default/5899486168417191365","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-2049897073"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"12:58 AM, May 05, 2020"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-4612635784526993481"},"published":{"$t":"2020-05-05T00:52:45.823-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-05-05T00:52:45.823-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"No, making predictions is not necessary. As I have..."},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"No, making predictions is not necessary. As I have explained in my blogpost, at which time someone happened to make a calculation is entirely irrelevant for the question whether a theory is a good description of nature.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELook, if we had made the same observations in the past as we have done, but general relativity would only be proposed tomorrow, would you claim that it\u0026#39;s not a good"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/5899486168417191365\/comments\/default\/4612635784526993481"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/5899486168417191365\/comments\/default\/4612635784526993481"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/backreaction.blogspot.com\/2020\/05\/predictions-are-overrated.html?showComment=1588654365823#c4612635784526993481","title":""},{"rel":"related","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/5899486168417191365\/comments\/default\/3118820635236565275"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Sabine Hossenfelder"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06151209308084588985"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/backreaction.blogspot.com\/2020\/05\/predictions-are-overrated.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-5899486168417191365","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22973357/posts/default/5899486168417191365","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-2049897073"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"12:52 AM, May 05, 2020"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-6333105400082325472"},"published":{"$t":"2020-05-05T00:47:09.380-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-05-05T00:47:09.380-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"TomH,\n\nHave you really still not understood that i..."},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"TomH,\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHave you really still not understood that it is very well possible to predict average trends of a partly chaotic system even if you in the short run cannot predict the detailed evolution? How often do people have to tell you that weather isn\u0026#39;t the same as climate?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u0026quot;Indeed, you\u0026#39;ve often written fo the perverse incentives motivating theoretical physicists"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/5899486168417191365\/comments\/default\/6333105400082325472"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/5899486168417191365\/comments\/default\/6333105400082325472"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/backreaction.blogspot.com\/2020\/05\/predictions-are-overrated.html?showComment=1588654029380#c6333105400082325472","title":""},{"rel":"related","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/5899486168417191365\/comments\/default\/5267788482910823397"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Sabine Hossenfelder"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06151209308084588985"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/backreaction.blogspot.com\/2020\/05\/predictions-are-overrated.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-5899486168417191365","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22973357/posts/default/5899486168417191365","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-2049897073"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"12:47 AM, May 05, 2020"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-301087031945125071"},"published":{"$t":"2020-05-05T00:42:14.349-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-05-05T00:42:14.349-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Steersman,\n\nWell, for one there is a value in unde..."},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Steersman,\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWell, for one there is a value in understanding the past even if it does not help you shape the future. People just want to know how they and the world came into being, even if that knowledge has no practical use.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHaving said that, when I explain that predictions should not be used to decide whether a theory is good not not, then this does not mean that the theory"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/5899486168417191365\/comments\/default\/301087031945125071"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/5899486168417191365\/comments\/default\/301087031945125071"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/backreaction.blogspot.com\/2020\/05\/predictions-are-overrated.html?showComment=1588653734349#c301087031945125071","title":""},{"rel":"related","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/5899486168417191365\/comments\/default\/6370115081596971467"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Sabine Hossenfelder"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06151209308084588985"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/backreaction.blogspot.com\/2020\/05\/predictions-are-overrated.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-5899486168417191365","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22973357/posts/default/5899486168417191365","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-2049897073"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"12:42 AM, May 05, 2020"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-1072494046843487321"},"published":{"$t":"2020-05-05T00:34:48.183-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-05-05T00:34:48.183-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"I am not arguing against falsification here. I did..."},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"I am not arguing against falsification here. \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/backreaction.blogspot.com\/2019\/01\/just-because-its-falsifiable-doesnt.html\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EI did this here\u003C\/a\u003E. This blogpost is about the requirement that a theory makes predictions. You can falsify a theory very well with data that predates the theory, so these are two separate things.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/5899486168417191365\/comments\/default\/1072494046843487321"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/5899486168417191365\/comments\/default\/1072494046843487321"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/backreaction.blogspot.com\/2020\/05\/predictions-are-overrated.html?showComment=1588653288183#c1072494046843487321","title":""},{"rel":"related","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/5899486168417191365\/comments\/default\/7900007248401205165"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Sabine Hossenfelder"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06151209308084588985"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/backreaction.blogspot.com\/2020\/05\/predictions-are-overrated.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-5899486168417191365","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22973357/posts/default/5899486168417191365","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-2049897073"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"12:34 AM, May 05, 2020"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-3167586991898898390"},"published":{"$t":"2020-05-05T00:31:32.947-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-05-05T00:31:32.947-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"hybrid,\n\n\u0026quot;I thought that what separates scien..."},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"hybrid,\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u0026quot;I thought that what separates science from philosophy was that scientific assertions (i.e. hypotheses and theories) are testable.\u0026quot;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI don\u0026#39;t know why people believe this. Making testable predictions is trivial, and does not tell you that someone used good scientific practice. I explained this \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/backreaction.blogspot.com\/2019\/01\/"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/5899486168417191365\/comments\/default\/3167586991898898390"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/5899486168417191365\/comments\/default\/3167586991898898390"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/backreaction.blogspot.com\/2020\/05\/predictions-are-overrated.html?showComment=1588653092947#c3167586991898898390","title":""},{"rel":"related","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/5899486168417191365\/comments\/default\/8569320658205041882"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Sabine Hossenfelder"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06151209308084588985"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/backreaction.blogspot.com\/2020\/05\/predictions-are-overrated.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-5899486168417191365","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22973357/posts/default/5899486168417191365","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-2049897073"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"12:31 AM, May 05, 2020"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-7024228741571926129"},"published":{"$t":"2020-05-04T23:55:04.564-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-05-04T23:55:04.564-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Your question is answered in original post (not a ..."},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Your question is answered in original post (not a true paradox). I don\u0026#39;t think anyone has disagreed with that, at least I hope not, but people are giving various opinions about whether or how the issue applies to science, because people like to give opinions on the Internet, or at least many of us do.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWe should pay for that privilege via the Donate button, of course."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/6611576047635784058\/comments\/default\/7024228741571926129"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/6611576047635784058\/comments\/default\/7024228741571926129"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/backreaction.blogspot.com\/2020\/04\/the-raven-paradox.html?showComment=1588650904564#c7024228741571926129","title":""},{"rel":"related","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/6611576047635784058\/comments\/default\/234573235759312346"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JimV"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/10198704789965278981"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/backreaction.blogspot.com\/2020\/04\/the-raven-paradox.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-6611576047635784058","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22973357/posts/default/6611576047635784058","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-329883341"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"11:55 PM, May 04, 2020"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-5723179219368348097"},"published":{"$t":"2020-05-04T23:45:20.378-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-05-04T23:45:20.378-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Quick typo. Please remove this comment when you fi..."},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Quick typo. Please remove this comment when you fix the article!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENow: \u0026quot;who have gone one about\u0026quot;\u003Cbr \/\u003EFix: \u0026quot;who have gone on about\u0026quot;"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/5899486168417191365\/comments\/default\/5723179219368348097"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/5899486168417191365\/comments\/default\/5723179219368348097"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/backreaction.blogspot.com\/2020\/05\/predictions-are-overrated.html?showComment=1588650320378#c5723179219368348097","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Glen"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/05224107441020369616"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/backreaction.blogspot.com\/2020\/05\/predictions-are-overrated.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-5899486168417191365","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22973357/posts/default/5899486168417191365","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1741241858"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"11:45 PM, May 04, 2020"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-5452402496960859282"},"published":{"$t":"2020-05-04T22:32:29.380-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-05-04T22:32:29.380-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"If the set of non-black things and\/or non-ravens a..."},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"If the set of non-black things and\/or non-ravens are infinite, as they very well may be (besides all the permutations of how everything in the world can be arranged, numbers?) then can elements in those sets even be used to make statistical calculations?"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/6611576047635784058\/comments\/default\/5452402496960859282"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/6611576047635784058\/comments\/default\/5452402496960859282"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/backreaction.blogspot.com\/2020\/04\/the-raven-paradox.html?showComment=1588645949380#c5452402496960859282","title":""},{"rel":"related","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/6611576047635784058\/comments\/default\/4951709298298561573"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"i aM wh"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04194089122242029577"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/backreaction.blogspot.com\/2020\/04\/the-raven-paradox.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-6611576047635784058","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22973357/posts/default/6611576047635784058","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-389889935"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"10:32 PM, May 04, 2020"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-7379184482235353700"},"published":{"$t":"2020-05-04T22:27:22.637-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-05-04T22:27:22.637-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"If you have something that is not a raven and is b..."},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"If you have something that is not a raven and is black, then that supports the original form of the hypothesis \u0026quot;If it\u0026#39;s a raven, then it\u0026#39;s black\u0026quot;. Logically that statement evaluates to \u0026quot;true\u0026quot; in such cases. Check the truth table.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026quot;false\u0026quot; implies \u0026quot;true\u0026quot; = True"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/6611576047635784058\/comments\/default\/7379184482235353700"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/6611576047635784058\/comments\/default\/7379184482235353700"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/backreaction.blogspot.com\/2020\/04\/the-raven-paradox.html?showComment=1588645642637#c7379184482235353700","title":""},{"rel":"related","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/6611576047635784058\/comments\/default\/377356254252368974"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"i aM wh"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04194089122242029577"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/backreaction.blogspot.com\/2020\/04\/the-raven-paradox.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-6611576047635784058","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22973357/posts/default/6611576047635784058","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-389889935"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"10:27 PM, May 04, 2020"}]}]}});