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mjburgessyesterday at 4:13 PM1 replyview on HN

The existence of "experiments" to choose from in the first place is already theory-given. As soon as you've formulated a space of such experiments to explore, almost all your theory work is done.


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SJMGyesterday at 4:26 PM

What's more, the existence of data (therefore differentiation of what is and isn't), is theory-laden.