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You should read some Karl Popper (Science as Falsification). You're essentially getting at why science is both inductive and deductive. Sure this article is i
by bduerst 11y ago
You should read some Karl Popper (Science as Falsification).
You're essentially getting at why science is both inductive and deductive. Sure this article is inductive, but it's conclusion is falsifiable, so people can test the hypothesis over and over again.
Pointing out that they haven't tested the everything in the universe, including the celestial teapot, doesn't mean that it's false. It's just that it has never been falsified yet.
- kbenson 11y agoI wasn't making a statement that it was false, just supporting the original comment's assertion that the submission title (which has since changed to match the article title) was overly broad in its assertion (at least that's how I interpreted the top-level comment). Thanks for the recommendation though, I'll take a look. :) 1: The original title was "Fake Facebook accounts can be detected by when they post and the vocabulary used", which without additional qualification I think is quite a strong statement, and has some problems because of that.