Newton's two ‘Moon-tests’

Kollerstrom, Nick

doi:10.1017/s0007087400027424

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“…A silly endeavor as far as his contemporaries must have been concerned. Yet, the number derived from his theory came down within 1% of the measured value (Kollerstrom, 1991) -a stunning demonstration given that moons and apples seem to be such different beasts.…”

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If God Handed Us the Ground-Truth Theory of Memory, How Would We Recognize It?

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What makes a scientific theory convincing? We have many formal models of human memory, but no agreement about which is the right one. If anything, we agree that they are all wrong. By analyzing the properties of successful theories in physics, I propose that we will be convinced by a theory of memory only when it is able to make precise point predictions for individual people’s behavior in any new memory task, manipulation, or paradigm we could construct, without refitting parameters to do so or only by estimating its parameters for each individual on an independent standardized battery of tests. Such a theory would not only be able to accurately describe lab-based empirical effects but would also be practically useful. I highlight how some of our current model development and evaluation practices might be holding us back and outline some important empirical steps necessary to evaluate theories by this standard.

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If God Handed Us the Ground-Truth Theory of Memory, How Would We Recognize It?

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Newton's two ‘Moon-tests’

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If God Handed Us the Ground-Truth Theory of Memory, How Would We Recognize It?

If God Handed Us the Ground-Truth Theory of Memory, How Would We Recognize It?

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