No, I don't mean that. I mean that our minds create patterns that
approximate similar bits of reality. These matches are neither right nor
wrong except as used for a particular purpose.
Or else: what could
> match a pattern, besides another pattern?
Patterns "match" data to an arbitrary degree of precision.
> > Science creates predictive theories.
> >
> By finding consistent patterns, no? A good theory is a
> good match to a consistent pattern.
Sure, and by using consistent words and typing up the result in a
consistent font and publishing it in a consistent journal read by a
consistent group of scientists. So what? These things are all ancillary.
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