SV: Capacity of the brain

[Peter Seebach]

In article <K8b%3.2898$QA6.185207808 at news.telia.no>,
Patrik Bagge <pab at neramd.no> wrote:
>concept of success in science = ability to explain
>and predict reality , period.

Okay, let's work with that.

>example of predicting reality = weatherprognosis

>do we agree?

Not really.  Too complicated.  Your brain is probably just chemistry and
physics.  However, even if we knew *all* of the chemistry and physics, we
wouldn't necessarily be able to model your brain effectively.

>if we still agree, then we can connect
>a successfull science with 'successfull weatherprognosis'

This assumes success is all-or-nothing.  In fact, we get better forecasts now
than we did when I was a kid, so I'm assuming that part of science has
improved.

-s
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