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Re:There’s no such thing as a tree (phylogenetically) by justinclift on Thursday March 09, 2023 @05:52PM (#35087974)
> that got useful enough

Does that mean "they figured out ways to make it reproducible and/or validate it"?

Whereas the other subfields of philosophy don't (yet) have ways to fully validate them, and/or make them reproducible?

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Re:There’s no such thing as a tree (phylogenetically) by mcphage on Friday March 10, 2023 @08:13AM (#35093933)
> Whereas the other subfields of philosophy don't (yet) have ways to fully validate them, and/or make them reproducible?

I think it depends on the field. Reproducibility is more of a recent concern, whereas this process has been going on since the ancient Greeks, I'm sure.

Probably more recently the criterion is "commercial value".

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