Elo 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: Elo 13 April 2016 11:40:35PM 0 points [-]

raindance is good for that reason (it has a lot of freedom). You can do statistics on it; you can also (sneakily) keep experimenting for a very long time scale and only stop when you have the right answer.

you can also do things like - dance on days when the weather man says it will rain. just to confuse people

Comment author: johnlawrenceaspden 14 April 2016 04:58:15PM 0 points [-]

My motorcycle once broke down. Messing about with all the usual stuff didn't restart it. Eventually I danced backwards round it waving a spanner and singing about petrol. Started first kick.