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Comment author: Lumifer 11 March 2016 04:09:53PM 0 points [-]

an experiment, which is guaranteed to falsify at least one of those predictions

Why do you think so?

Assume we run the experiment and 60% go Maslow way, 40% go Freud way. We try to replicate and 55% go Freud way, 45% go Maslow way. The results from running the test on undergrads at Somecollege show this and the results from running the test on middle-aged adults living in Boonieville show that.

So what got falsified?

Comment author: Viliam 12 March 2016 03:19:11PM 3 points [-]

So what got falsified?

Both did. At least, each of them should make their prediction more specific, to explain why it doesn't apply to large groups of people.