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A concise shorthand for "non-falsifiable theory" is "faith".
by everybodyknows 4y ago
A concise shorthand for "non-falsifiable theory" is "faith".
- lisper 4y agoOnly if you choose to believe that a non-falsifiable theory is actually true. Otherwise it's not faith, merely a hypothesis.
- moomin 4y agoAs anyone who’s watched Dinosaur Train could tell you, a hypothesis is “an idea you can test”.
- lisper 4y agoDinosaur Train doesn't get everything right. An untestable hypothesis is still a hypothesis. Even an unfalsifiable hypothesis is a hypothesis. But testable hypotheses are better then untestable (and unfalsifiable) ones because, well, you can test them to see if they are false.