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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Replying to @ArtirKel
Empirically, failure to explain evidence never leads to abandoning a theory. Only a new, better theory does.
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Replying to @Meaningness
Would modern physics also count? We already know it has to be wrong, (cf list of unsolved problems), but we don't discard it.
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Replying to @ArtirKel
Every science counts. There is no theory (so far as I know) that does not have counterexamples. That doesn’t mean they are wrong!
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Replying to @Meaningness
Well, I would rather say "wrong" in the sense of not matching observations. I don't fully buy the idea that a model can be wrong, tbh.
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Replying to @Meaningness
No, I wouldn't. What I mean is that there is a difference between -This is a model of reality. It seems to work.
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Replying to @ArtirKel @Meaningness
vs -This is how reality works. (THis can be right or wrong) The "seems to work" or "is useful" or whatever criteria the modelmaker
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Yes, I think you are importantly right here!
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