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ChristianKl 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: ChristianKl 18 April 2016 10:17:45AM 0 points [-]

Most lay audiences can't simply generalize an abstract mathematical model to the real world. They need actual examples to learn in a way that impacts their day-to-day reasoning.