I don’t think I’m conflating something in the context of this discussion. I think johnlawrenceaspden does focus on providing a plausible narrative instead of making falsifiable statements.
Is fair, but surely those predictions can be about bits of the medical literature that I haven’t seen yet, or haven’t understood properly, otherwise history would not be a rational endeavour.
Science isn’t about explaining but about making successful predictions. Smart people can explain anything.
You’re conflating two different meanings of “explain”:
Construct a plausible narrative
Describe the underlying mechanism
I don’t think I’m conflating something in the context of this discussion. I think johnlawrenceaspden does focus on providing a plausible narrative instead of making falsifiable statements.
Is fair, but surely those predictions can be about bits of the medical literature that I haven’t seen yet, or haven’t understood properly, otherwise history would not be a rational endeavour.