XPost: sci.physics.relativity, sci.physics.particle   
   From: boyd@apt0.sao.arizona.edu   
      
   Tom Roberts wrote:   
   > On 6/5/12 6/5/12   9:43 AM, Big Dog wrote:   
   >   
   >> And just so we're clear, what was wrong with epicycles, in your view?   
   >   
   > They have no predictive power -- one must make up a series of epicycles   
   > to fit the data AFTER the observations are made. This is not modern   
   > science.   
      
   A bit like quantum mechanics. You can't tell if the cat's alive until   
   AFTER you look in the box.   
      
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