tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3197113715525875863.post4795158339324034465..comments2024-03-08T08:09:49.217-08:00Comments on Et in Arcadia Ego: The Third Scientific RevolutionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3197113715525875863.post-36409954605341462092009-02-25T01:04:00.000-08:002009-02-25T01:04:00.000-08:00The real problem, I'd think, would be with the cre...The real problem, I'd think, would be with the creation of the model without knowing *why* the observed activity occurs in the first place. The underlying cause might be something beyond your data-gathering, causing you to wrongly attribute a presumed cause to an observed effect. <BR/><BR/>The benefit of the field work / experiment is that you can diddle with the actual world, instead of the artificial one. Sure, if your scientific model took into account *everything* (which is impossible, or close enough to it), you'd be right on the mark. I just don't have that much faith in the models.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com