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21:19 Jan 8, 2016 |
Spanish to English translations [PRO] Science - Science (general) | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Robert Carter Mexico Local time: 07:59 | ||||||
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5 +8 | falsifiable |
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falsifiable Explanation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falsifiability -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 15 mins (2016-01-08 21:34:41 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Falsifiability is the ability of a theory—a working framework for explaining and predicting natural phenomena—to be disproved by an experiment or observation. The ability to evaluate theories against observations is essential to the scientific method, and as such, the falsifiability of theories is key to this and is the prime test for whether a proposition or theory can be described as scientific. Put simply, if a theory cannot be falsified, there is no point in even examining the evidence. http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Falsifiability Falsifiability, as defined by the philosopher, Karl Popper, defines the inherent testability of any scientific hypothesis. https://explorable.com/falsifiability Statements that belong in science must be about reproducible observations. However, as Karl Popper pointed out, there is a much stricter requirement. A scientific statement is one that could possibly be proven wrong. Such a statement is said to be falsifiable. Notice that a falsifiable statement is not automatically wrong. However a falsifiable statement always remains tentative and open to the possibility that it is wrong. When a falsifiable statement turns out to be a mistake, we have a way to detect that mistake and correct it. http://www.courses.vcu.edu/PHY-rhg/astron/html/mod/006/index... http://www.logicallyfallacious.com/index.php/logical-fallaci... Scientific skeptics attempt to evaluate claims based on verifiability and falsifiability and discourage accepting claims on faith or anecdotal evidence. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_skepticism |
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