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It strikes me that the "they are just theoretical posits" argument leaves out the history of recognizing that all empirical observations are theory-laden. Do these papers engage with the history of physics at all? When did electrons stop being theoretical posits? Arguably we still don't 'see' them.

Apr 28, 2025, 2:52 PM

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