The Value of Empiricism

Many rationalists, especially those from the mathematics department, tend to assume the superiority of human thought. They often cite the success of mathematics in sciences as evidence. Oh. Apart from the fact that most people aren't Maxwell or Einstein, it's mistaking the word Moon for the real Moon. Ask a mathematician to deduce what's on the Moon without evidentiary investigation. It's easy to see the fallacy of rationalism. Mathematics as a language is important, but it's not the ultimate validation of scientific theories. This is the value of empiricism.

It's well known that Maxwell's achievement in electromagnetism is the mathematical formulation of previous electromagnetic experiments. Yes, experiments. Rationalists see the mathematics of Maxwell equations, and forget the most important substance these equations describe. Absurd.

The same thing happens to the digital revolution. Rationalists have little to offer other than claiming superiority, while empiricists' engineering brought us the mobile-cloud paradigm. Rationalists better play catch-up to formulate a sound theory for the achievement.