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Re:A growing number of philosophers are conducting experimen... by naasking on Thursday May 03, 2018 @10:39PM (#16991827)
> There are only models and predictions, and some models lead to better predictions than other models.

"Better prediction" requires evaluating a truth claim, so this viewpoint would seem to contradict the rejection of truth.

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Re:A growing number of philosophers are conducting experimen... by sixstringtheory on Friday May 04, 2018 @12:35AM (#16992221)
Indeed. I’d say more than models and predictions, what really defines “truth” is consensus in what are and are not acceptable beliefs.

As Mac pointed out in IASIP: Reynolds vs. Reynolds, you need a leap of faith to accept all the sciency writings about subatomic particles and whatnot.

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