johnlawrenceaspden 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: johnlawrenceaspden 14 April 2016 04:44:37PM 2 points [-]

Everyone I've tried the 2-4-6 test on thinks really carefully, gets the right answer, and claims never to have heard of it before. It's really irritating.

Occasionally I try it on someone who isn't one of my mathsy friends, and they give me that look where 'The maths-witch is trying to humiliate me again' and get angry and defensive, so I give up because it's not worth losing friends over.