Monday, February 7, 2011

Pretending unknown like known

The only way we have of studying the unknown is by pretending that it is like the known. That the unknown is like the known makes science possible; that it is also unlike the known makes science necessary. This conflict is the reason that all theories are eventually proven to be wrong, limited, irrelevant, or inadequate.
--R. Levins (1995)

Is it the only way to study unknown?
Hope some different opinions from Black Swan.

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