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		xico on Aug 26, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Holographic universe experiment begins Yeah, formalizing thoughts into models, and then testing them to validate or invalidate them is sooo idealist. I wish scientists would only rely on common sense and holy books, trusting their guts to do the right thing.

marcosdumay on Aug 26, 2014 [–]

The alternative is first collecting empirical results that current theories do not explain, and only then work on a model for explaining them.

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