"Interesting theories are ones which deny certain assumptions of their audience"www-personal.umich.edu/~samoore/teach ht
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the other dimension I immediately think of is that of *compression* - that is responsible for timeless interestingness in all domains
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we often find a theory interesting even without any beliefs on the matter at all if it is elegant and explains a lot of data
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as he says, even if its truth is refuted it's still interesting. math stuff, "hot air holds more water than cold air" for weather, evo
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there's a reason for that: low-half-life facts. Gell-Mann bet on quarks for beauty, despite apparent contrary evidence
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"never believe in experimental data until it has been verified by a good theory." "Data without generalization is gossip"
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yes - interesting is orthogonal to true but interesting is more important ;)
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