PT4.S4.Q09 - Good Scientific Theory

Broccoli

Hi,

This might be a silly question but for D... It says "A scientific model that contains many elements is not a good theory"
And, on the premise, in order to be a good scientific theory your model needs to be simple enough to contain only a few elemnents...

From what I learned... Many is some ...
Is there difference between few and some?

thisissparta

Many does not imply some here. The words many and few are polar opposites of each other (at least in English) and the author's exact intention is to contrast something big (i.e., many) with something small (i.e. few). Many can be taken at its face value.The author is trying to emphasize that if one is to formulate a good theory, then one must simplify a large subset of (or, many) variables/elements into a few.

AC (D) is the contrapositive. If several (many) elements continue to exist, then it's not a good theory.

It's not about the difference between few and some, but rather many and few. Each of those terms should be taken at their face value for this question.