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It's more about whether this aspect is properly considered. Some physicist think building bigger particle accelerators is good simply because it can falsify mor
by n4r9 8y ago
It's more about whether this aspect is properly considered. Some physicist think building bigger particle accelerators is good simply because it can falsify more models. However the the quality of those models must also be taken into account.
- kwhitefoot 8y agoThen they should have led with that instead of the general point about falsifiability. When writing for an audience that has limited attention to give always put the executive summary first.
- n4r9 8y agoI think it's fine. In the second line it says > A major reason we see so many wrong predictions in the foundations of physics – and see those make headlines – is that both scientists and science writers take falsifiability to be a sufficient criterion for good science. Personally the line that caught my eye straight away was the one on it's own that said > Why does it matter? after which comes the stuff about bigger accelerators.