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Re: prediction and worth
Bryant (mycol1@unm.edu)
10 Sep 1996 14:31:42 -0600
In article <32359731.6C93@byu.edu>,
Shannon Adams <shannon_adams@byu.edu> wrote:
>Just wondering why prediction is the standard of worth for a field of
>study. I have my own ideas but I wanted to get the natives opinion ;)
1. There are many native Americans on this newsgroup who have already
expressed their sensitivity about labels. I seriously expect that
this reference, with its allusion to "natives" as ignorant masses, is
bound to hurt people's feelings.
2. Prediction is only a measure of how well a given approach approximates
a system. If you can predict how a system will behave under certain
circumstances, you probably have a good approximation of that part of how
the system works, how it's put together, etc.
>Shannon
Bryant
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