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>> How do we decide what is and what is not an explanation?
> By whether it makes correct predictions!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes.
But a qualitaltive explanation could not be expected to produce
a quantitative prediction. Why should it provide answers to
all possible questions?
> -- The zig-zag theory predicts the wrong dependence on temperature.
> -- The zig-zag theory predicts the wrong dependence on viscosity.
> -- The zig-zag theory predicts the wrong dependence on particle size.
> -- The zig-zag theory predicts the wrong dependence on particle mass.