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buybuydandavis comments on A rational unfalsifyable believe - Less Wrong Discussion

1 Post author: Arielgenesis 25 July 2016 02:15AM

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Comment author: buybuydandavis 29 July 2016 09:23:14PM 1 point [-]

The problem is that the unrealistic simplification acts precisely on the factor you're trying to analyze - falsifiability. If you relax the unrealistic assumption, the point you're trying to make about falsifiabilty no longer holds.