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Old 01-30-2009, 08:48 AM   #365
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Originally Posted by jbjb View Post
What science aims to do is to develop models that have predictive usefulness - fundamental "truth" (if such a thing exists) isn't part of the deal.
A model can of course correspond perfectly with reality but you can never prove (mathematically) that this is the case. And I an often a realist and think that we should aim for theories that gets closer to the reality.
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