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Ep 173: Brett Talks Twitter 2

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Theoretical Physicists, Prediction Is Not the Main Point, It's Not the Reason Why the Science Exists

It is only the theoretical physicists that get this catastrophically wrong and are extremely confident that they know what they're talking about. They think that their misconception about how it works in theoretical physics applies broadly to all of science, he says. And we shouldn't expect physicists in general to be great philosophers as I've already implied here,. He adds: "They do love, more than any other scientist, to opine on the intricate details of epistemology"

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