On Monday, May 14, 2018 at 10:11:04 PM UTC, Russell Standish wrote: > > On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 11:38:12AM -0700, [email protected] > <javascript:> wrote: > > > > *I see. So for Einstein an "inductive method" is indistinguishable from > > naive speculation. AG * > > > > Not at all. Inductive method is proposing new laws based on (lots of) > empirical evidence. If you always see B after A, then you might propose a > law > that A causes B. >
I exaggerated for effect. After all, Einstein wrote that *"Tentative deduction takes the place of the predominantly inductive methods appropriate to the youthful state of science*." So what happens following that "youthful state"; pulling principles out of a hat, aka DEDUCTION? Didn't the MM experiment indicate to Einstein the non existence of preferred frames of reference? Didn't discrete spectra of atomic gases suggest operators with discrete eigenvalue spectra? Wasn't this done by "predominately INDUCTIVE methods"? So what is DEDUCTION? AG Conversely, Einstein was arguing that in modern theoretical science, > principles come first, only to be tested against experiment much later > by working out specific experiments to test the theory. > > BTW - with deep learning, AI is back in the inductive method phase :). > > -- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Dr Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) > Principal, High Performance Coders > Visiting Senior Research Fellow [email protected] > <javascript:> > Economics, Kingston University http://www.hpcoders.com.au > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
