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Induction is the problem, so if falsification does not solve the problem it does not contribute anything.

• coldtea 8y ago
  Induction might be the problem for you (and well, certain philosophers of science, like Bertrand Russell), but it's not the problem with the scientific method -- which doesn't pretend to arrive at the "absolute" truth anyway.
  • yters 8y ago
    It's not a matter of absolute truth. The question is why are we able to predict anything at all, even in a probabilistic sense? With maximum entropy, there is no way to distinguish between order and a really fortunate series of fair coin flips. Both inductivism and falsificationism need to assume prior order to justify the success of science, so they are both in the same boat.