3 ms·
Layman's hopefully-dumb question here: if a theory has no observable consequences, then what is it even saying? (or doing, or etc)
by mmirate 8y ago
Layman's hopefully-dumb question here: if a theory has no observable consequences, then what is it even saying? (or doing, or etc)
- slowmovintarget 8y agoIf it isn't falsifiable, then it isn't scientific. I'm cribbing that from reading the Wikipedia page on Logical Positivism, specifically the criticism of positivism by Popper.