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Comment author: Anders_H 14 June 2014 02:45:02AM 6 points [-]

I used to be a Popperian falsificationist. I changed my mind after reading about Solomonoff induction. I don't remember exactly which post it was, but it made me accept that even if two theories cannot be differentiated by falsifiable predictions, we have good reason to prefer the simpler theory.

Comment author: TheAncientGeek 17 June 2014 05:22:12PM 2 points [-]

In Poppers wider Phil Of Sci it is perfectly possible to criticise a theory for being too complicated. The main point is against justification, positive support, not in favour of falsification as the only possible epistemic procedure.

Comment author: shminux 14 June 2014 03:44:17AM 0 points [-]

Interesting. I read all the same posts and they didn't sway me much.

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