But if what you want is understanding, you want a good explanation. (Or to quote TheOtherHobbes from elsewhere in these comments, a reasonable metaphor: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50220700)
If you only like predictions and disparage explanations, I might start calling you names, specifically instrumentalist.
What do call someone who wants good "Just So" story explanations that don't explain anything, but posit the existence of meaningless things?