Mathematics & Reality
The pessimistic meta-induction
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Philosophical argument
Laudan notes that many past successful theories were later judged false, cautioning against inferring that our current best theories are true descriptions of reality.
Bears on 1 hypothesis
- opposesw40SPECULATIONThe universe is a mathematical structure (MUH)
The pessimistic meta-induction cautions against reifying current theory.