Cringing at juxtaposion of modelling with experimental work. A more informative contrast is modelling vs empirical work.
Modellers can do experiments as part of their work. Experimental psych has long history w modelling at
of the cognitive revolution. http://cognet.mit.edu/book/history-of-modern-experimental-psychology …
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I'm not convinced there is such a thing as purely empirical work. No one collects facts without some framework. That a framework might not be stated formerly and tested for consistency/explanatory power (model exploration) does not really give it virtuous status.
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Agreed — I was being facetious.
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Also "virtuous" status. I really hope you didn't think
@chbergma or I think that our work is more "virtuous" than somebody who doesn't do any modelling!? -
Maybe you aren't being fully serious yourself? I'm so confused by the words you've used, so I'll wait for a reply.
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Not at all. It was an ambiguous word to use. I meant to express sympathy with someone telling you that you dont do "real experiments," and convey my agreement with the idea that experiments on models are valuable
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Yep, even though modelling would have certainly been useful for them too ;)
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"everybody should do modelling otherwise it's not science" jkjkjk
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I knew something was missing from the science cycle!!
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More fascism!
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I love the idea, I think modelling should be compulsory!

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