Re: Not Even Wrong

Walt wrote:
There's another thread going on where the meaning of "theory" is being
discussed.

It put me in mind of an old phrase they used to use among scientists,
namely, "not even wrong".

This is an collection of assertions that is phrased in such a way that it
is neither verifiable nor falsifiable. Some of these can look like a
theory, at first, and seem to carry the weight of a good theory, or at least
of a bad theory, but prove, on deeper analysis, to be vacuous.

"Not even wrong" was used as a pejorative. It think it applies to some of
the discussions in here, particularly the theories about the superior
utility of MV.


Too right.
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