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 @Meaningness @jim_savage_
It happens to the extent that their reputations are not ruined by disavowing previous work. (But academia is broken, so...)
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It would be interesting to think about what metrics could be used to incentify academic updating based on evidence.
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Replying to @davidmanheim @jim_savage_
Well, the whole replication movement is about that…
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