(September 24, 2020 at 9:13 pm)John 6IX Breezy Wrote:(September 24, 2020 at 9:09 pm)Sal Wrote: Clarify. How do we do science then?
Falsification.
Very well then.
I just saw a rainbow across some mountains, seemingly going in an arc, and this arc of the rainbow went past the mountain, ending behind a hill. Clearly this is caused by leprechauns! There was slight rain in the mountains, and the sunlight shone through the clouds behind me. Clearly this is evidence that the leprechauns want me to find their pot of gold! I can see the pot of gold clearly in my mind. We will be rich!
In another occasion, while going for a walk in a forest, the trees whispered to me! It was unintelligible, so I was filled with fear and ran back home. Clearly the tree wisps didn't want me there! It was summer, there was some brisk wind while walking in the forest, in the evening. I must respect the tree wisps wishes and not disturb them.
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I can concoct more examples of this kind, if you want to play. Tell me what you think is wrong, if you actually think they're wrong, with those 2 events - or maybe there are leprechauns and tree wisps. Who knows? I chose those renditions, because people actually believed in these kind of supernatural "explanations" in the past. I guess something changed about their convictions.
Falsifiability isn't just some random doodad about experiments and science, or how we device modeling to explain those experiments.
