This post explains why falsificationism, Popper's philosophy of science, is false. I tried to make it self-contained, because I wanted it to be accessible to non-philosophers in general and scientists in particular, among whom Popper remains very popular.https://necpluribusimpar.net/why-falsificationism-is-false/ …
But Dirac couldn't do it, when push came to shove. He should have, as it turned out, but couldn't. The embarrassment that this error of judgment cost him impressed him profoundly, however, rendering him much less naively Popperian-falsificationist in his later outlook.
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Take a guess who said this: – “Once a hypothesis has been proposed and tested, and has proved its mettle, it may not be allowed to drop out without ‘good reason’.” – “sticking to a theory as long as possible is of considerable significance” Details:https://necpluribusimpar.net/why-falsificationism-is-false/#comment-3575 …
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