Comment Comment by foobarqux > The debate is mostly about: Are opaque probabilistic models scientific?No the debate is about whether probabilistic models are scientific when applied to the human language faculty (they aren't).Probabilistic models are scientific when they tell you something about the natural world. In some cases they do and in others they don't. parent foobarqux 3 years ago
No the debate is about whether probabilistic models are scientific when applied to the human language faculty (they aren't).
Probabilistic models are scientific when they tell you something about the natural world. In some cases they do and in others they don't.