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		soperj on Aug 14, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Science Exchange Reproducibility Initiative Proofs are for math, not science.

diego on Aug 14, 2012 | [–]

Agree, the title is poorly editorialized. Proofs and validations are very different things. Validation is about being confident that a model can make useful predictions.

lobo_tuerto on Aug 14, 2012 | [–]

Maybe the title should say "probe it". Just saying.

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