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Ep 63: "The Fabric of Reality" episode 1

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The Importance of Explanation in Science

There are always infinitely many possible theories of that sort compatible with existing observations and making new predictions so we could never have the time or resources to test them at all. What we test on new theories that seem to show promise of explaining things better than the prevailing ones do. So if you say grass is going to cure the common cold, why should we believe you? What is the mechanism? And so this works for any area of science, and especially any quackery, anyone who has the crazy nostrum,. The key thing is to ask why and how. But without the explanation, we have no reason to assume why that prediction should be the way that it is.

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