tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9617943.post115141561473544917..comments2012-02-21T12:56:10.298+10:00Comments on The Skeptic's Field Guide: What a good theory is…Theo Clarkhttps://profiles.google.com/108645831840656817487noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9617943.post-1152683051628499212006-07-12T15:44:00.000+10:002006-07-12T15:44:00.000+10:00Sounds good, except for one point. You say we sho...Sounds good, except for one point. You say we should hold onto a theory unless another one has "greater explanatory power and is more parsimonious". I would change that to an "or", though the requirements on either desideratum would be much greater if the other is violated. And you get heated debates here, as we see in physics with arguments about how to explain fine tuning.Kennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226268498253877151noreply@blogger.com