First you guess. Then you compute what the guess would imply, and you compare that to nature. It does not matter how beautiful the guess is, or who made it.
I keep coming back to this when a model sounds sure. Sure is not the test.
Field note · Quote Noted 12 March 2025
If it disagrees with experiment, it is wrong. That's all there is to it.
Richard Feynman, The Character of Physical Law
First you guess. Then you compute what the guess would imply, and you compare that to nature. It does not matter how beautiful the guess is, or who made it.
I keep coming back to this when a model sounds sure. Sure is not the test.
A note from my working notebook.
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