XPost: sci.physics.relativity, sci.physics.particle   
   From: poutnik@privacy.invalid   
      
   In article posted Tue, 05 Jun 2012 19:19:11 -0700   
    Louis Boyd says..   
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   A prediction of probability IS predictive power.   
      
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