Comment on The Three Kinds of Scientific Research

lowleveldata@programming.dev ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• flora_explora@beehaw.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Why though?

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  • lowleveldata@programming.dev ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    How do you make theories without observation?

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    • flora_explora@beehaw.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      #3 is not about making observations but about making a map of every tree. This is a common mistake of people, wanting to have a complete set of data on anything. I myself had to remind myself as well when designing projects. But in reality you cannot make a map of every tree and even if you could, what’s it worth? You need abstractions to understand anything and models are just that.

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