Connectionists: Brain-like computing fanfare and big data fanfare

[Ping Li]

Hi John,
In psychology, it's often the opposite -- when the theory (or model, in
this case) and experiment don't agree, it's the theory that's to blame.
Hence we have to "simulate the data", "replicate the empirical findings",
and "match with empirical evidence" (phrases used in almost all cognitive
modeling papers -- just finished another one myself)... That's why Brad
pointed out it's so hard to publish modeling papers without corresponding
experiments or other empirical data.

Best,
Ping


 That's not the whole story.  For modern physics, a common happening is
that when theory and experiment disagree, it is the experiment that is
wrong, at least if the theory is well established.  (Faster-than-light
neutrinos are only one example.)

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