Postdiction vs. Prediction

[Mercer (John Mercer)]

@PdotdQ

I disagree with this. While prediction is more convincing, I think that there is a lot of value in postdiction and data fitting in the sciences.

Of course there is, but not at the expense of testing predictions.

@PdotdQ

I have a lot of collegues who only do postdictions, and never make predictions, and I do not think that they are any less scientists, much less pseudoscientists.

I’m skeptical. Would you please send me a lot of their names?