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No, the one that is actually explaining the phenomenon is the true one. The concept I'm conveying is sometimes called "mechanism of action"

There's a basic principle called Ockham's Razor that I'm sure you're aware of, which proposes that the simplest theory is the most likely candidate, but that's a heuristic, not a rule.

Another relevant concept here is that the map is not the territory. All theories are attempts to express some kind of underlying truth via some sort of formal system. Some of those theories map much more closely to the truth than others, in a way that's independent of accurately predicting observed behavior to date.

parent CPLX 24 days ago

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