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

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Comment author: johnlawrenceaspden 14 April 2016 04:31:21PM 1 point [-]

And carry on. As the theories have to squirm to avoid experiments, they'll slowly approach unfalsifiability and become more and more complex / make fewer and fewer predictions.

Comment author: johnlawrenceaspden 14 April 2016 04:33:23PM *  1 point [-]

Except in quantum mechanics, where they end up being really simple and explaining everything, but they make your head break.