It's tragic watching someone in the throes of an explain-everything theory that prevents them from ever acknowledging fault.
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Replying to @GeniesLoki
Stab it in its unfalsifiability. Often it will try to dodge and, to retain its grip on the host, claim predictions that can be tested in principle but not in practice. But a virtuous host usually can, with some help, muster enough cognitive dissonance to dislodge the theory.
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Replying to @BasilMarte @GeniesLoki
(I'm deliberately misinterpreting your sentence as meaning that the *theory* never acknowledges it is at fault, by claiming to have explanations for everything and its opposite.)
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No that's not much of a misinterpretation in context. I agree with you but also don't think I have enough leverage over the host in question or they are sufficiently prepared to grapple with the flaws of their theory.
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