Karl Popper, one of the 20th century's greatest scientific philosophers, is perhaps best known for the falsification principle, a foundation of the modern scientific method. The basis of Popper’s falsification principle is this: in order for a theory to be objectively accepted as scientific, it needs to be able to be proven false. Popper believed that nothing can be definitively proven without falsification, and he held that theories should always be subject to experimentation and challenged by new information.
Great piece! I wrote an article expanding on this idea and referencing this post. Since the questions you raised involved, effectively, experimental design, I included the inability to account for lurking variables and confounding factors. We often cannot account for everything that makes something "true" and we don't know what we don't know! Thank you for this. Appreciate you!
Very excellent post. Much better than previous posts along the same vein of thought in the last several months. Here is evidence of something I have experienced and have observed since elementary school: clear writing is evidence of good thinking. However, like a garden, it takes time to allow seeds of good thought to germinate and bloom into a recognizable (useful) form. Even the greatest of ideas usually benefit a time of rest between the thinking. Like gardening, the stronger and more viable seeds grow. Very well done, Robert Glazer. And I will be using this article for reference in sifting ideas from opinions. Thank you!
Thought provoking!! Maybe we should all strive to stress test propositions to the point of snapping or stretching. I'm pretty sure we'd find ourselves with better solutions and decisions being made across the globe!!
Great piece! I wrote an article expanding on this idea and referencing this post. Since the questions you raised involved, effectively, experimental design, I included the inability to account for lurking variables and confounding factors. We often cannot account for everything that makes something "true" and we don't know what we don't know! Thank you for this. Appreciate you!
Very excellent post. Much better than previous posts along the same vein of thought in the last several months. Here is evidence of something I have experienced and have observed since elementary school: clear writing is evidence of good thinking. However, like a garden, it takes time to allow seeds of good thought to germinate and bloom into a recognizable (useful) form. Even the greatest of ideas usually benefit a time of rest between the thinking. Like gardening, the stronger and more viable seeds grow. Very well done, Robert Glazer. And I will be using this article for reference in sifting ideas from opinions. Thank you!
Thought provoking!! Maybe we should all strive to stress test propositions to the point of snapping or stretching. I'm pretty sure we'd find ourselves with better solutions and decisions being made across the globe!!