Reasoning with two different formal systems simultaneously—code and runtime, logical theory and model, equations and data set, spec and implementation— this ability is on the edge between advanced systematic cognition and basic meta-systematicity. https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2018/02/10/iterating-between-theory-and-code/ …
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Physicists often adopt a different rationalist misunderstanding of the theory/reality relationship: that it is a matter of numerical approximation. That works only in highly restricted, closely-controlled circumstances. Relevant xkcd:pic.twitter.com/zFWyMCSBPi
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TL;DR: Q: Is there a live cat in this box? A: A box is a social construct meant to imprison this cat. The cat might as well be dead.
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