[yedawg]

Decrease the number of variables and conditions to any physical system; say to something binary and you end up with a 50/50 argument, which means at worst means you can always fall back on trial and error, and at best you might discover something you didn't see before. Simple theories are better than "holistic" theories, because they act as a starting point for many more testable simple theories. Knowledge at it's most primitive form is ultimately somewhat binary, completely testable and scalable.