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Oy vey. Astrophysics is in opposition to Popper's philosophy now, huh? Scientists in these fields falsify theories all the time.
by abalone 8y ago
Oy vey. Astrophysics is in opposition to Popper's philosophy now, huh? Scientists in these fields falsify theories all the time.
- CamperBob2 8y ago(Shrug) Nobody is asking us to shut down air travel and stop eating steak because of an anthropogenic increase in the cosmic microwave background.
- abalone 8y agoGood to know your opinion of the scientific method depends on the political implications of its conclusions.
- CamperBob2 8y ago"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof." - Carl Sagan "No, extraordinary claims don't require more proof than any others, but extraordinary demands do." - Me
- jessaustin 8y agoThis "astronomy makes no predictions" meme is goofy. Halley got a comet named after him by predicting the year of its return. That was a completely falsifiable hypothesis. If you like something a bit more current, there are plenty of falsifiable hypotheses concerning e.g. neutrino mass that various underground/under-ice detectors will test in the next few years. Such hypotheses are not inherently impossible for climate science.