Falsificationism falsifies itself: it is a theory scientists refuse to abandon despite mountains of observations that falsify it
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(Falsificationism is the theory that scientists abandon a theory when they find evidence against it. This essentially never happens.)
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Agree about the sociology of science here, but to me falsification is about the conditions under which knowledge grows.
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Falsification is the ideal towards which science (and scientists) should strive. Whether they live up to it is a secondary question.
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I think the actual issue is whether a group is open to the possibility of adopting an alternative theory—not “falsification” as such.
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