Quoting Martin Braun <nombraun@xxxxxxxxx>:
You need meta-knowledge to be able to asses if a model is correct and useful. In science this meta-knowledge is: All Relevant Data.
Dear Martin,
For example, because a wealth of data proves that the basilar membrane BM) in the mammalian cochlea does not respond to sound levels below about 60 dB, once the outer hairs cells (OHC) have been made temporally or ultimately non-functional, I reject all models of cochlear mechanics that state that the BM triggers the OHCs at ALL sound levels. However beautiful these models are!
False models of mammalian cochlear functions have seriously impeded basic research and medical research for decades - and up to this very day.
Regards, Eckard