Dagon comments on How to provide a simple example to the requirement of falsifiability in the scientific method to a novice audience? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Dagon 13 April 2016 02:51:26PM 2 points [-]

Personally, I'd start with the concept of predictive power, and then mention falsifiability as one way to notice if a statement makes no predictive assertions.

The point to make is that you're not claiming that non-falsifiable statements can't be true, it's just that they don't matter.

Comment author: johnlawrenceaspden 14 April 2016 04:51:52PM 0 points [-]

Quantum Immortality?