RE: Falsifiability is a stupid criterion
July 19, 2012 at 10:08 am
(This post was last modified: July 19, 2012 at 10:16 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Falsifiability is a wonderful criterion -in addition with all the others we use- for determining what we can say we "know".
For example:
I took a shit this morning at 5:55 AM, and then the sun rose. I propose that the sun rises directly after I take a shit. Now, I've repeated this experiment over and over, it always works, there isn't a single point of dissenting data. I guess that settles it, unless there might be some way to refine my theory.....
Onwards and upwards. Would you care to point out an un-examined presupposition in science? What is it that you feel is being taken for granted?
For example:
I took a shit this morning at 5:55 AM, and then the sun rose. I propose that the sun rises directly after I take a shit. Now, I've repeated this experiment over and over, it always works, there isn't a single point of dissenting data. I guess that settles it, unless there might be some way to refine my theory.....
Onwards and upwards. Would you care to point out an un-examined presupposition in science? What is it that you feel is being taken for granted?
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