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To: Swordmaker

Dude needs to be careful using the word “falsify” when discussing science.


3 posted on 05/26/2008 9:27:22 PM PDT by poindexter
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To: poindexter
How many predictive failures are required before a theory can be falsified? According to Popper, the threshold is “one”. One concrete contradiction is sufficient to falsify a theory and require that a new one be considered...

so, what other word would you choose?

4 posted on 05/26/2008 9:34:32 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (FAIR DINKUM!)
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To: poindexter

A better term than “Falsify” would be, perhaps, invalidate.


7 posted on 05/27/2008 9:25:26 AM PDT by roaddog727 (BS does not get bridges built - the funk you see is the funk you do)
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