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Episode 55: Why are Empirical Theories Special? (IQ part 3)

The Theory of Anything

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How Vitamin C Stops Scurvy

IQ theory is a first attempt that is low on explanation, but is empirical and therefore means something scientifically. We now have a theory of why vitamin C stop scary that is more like what the noise chains are looking for where it understands the exact mechanisms inside the body,. And we now have those kind of deep explanatory theories available to us. But you don't start life that way - you start with eating oranges stop scurvy that has to be legitimate.

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