Brett, would you say that a scientific theory is a subset of a good explanation?

Yes, they are the testable kinds of good explanations.

Forceifiable theories are actually a dime a dozen.

This doesn't tell you anything about the quality of the explanation you're being given.

The example that's used in the fabric of reality is the grass cure for the common cold.

If someone comes along to you and says, if you eat 1.0 kilograms of grass, it will cure

your common cold.

They have a testable theory.

The problem is that no one should test it.

Why?

Because they haven't given you an explanation as to what the mechanism is that would enable

grass to cure the common cold.

If you do eat the 1.0 kilograms of grass and it doesn't cure your cold, they can turn

around and say, hmm, 1.1 kilograms might do it.

Right.

Or you need a different kind of grass or you need to always do it on a different day.

It's always testable, but you're not getting anywhere.

You're not making any progress.

I think the second piece of good explanation is hard to vary.

It has to be very precise and there has to be a good reason for the precision.

The famous example he used in the beginning of infinity is the why do we have seasons

on the earth?

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