sophisticated falsificationism

noun

Definitions

  1. A form of falsificationism in which claims are evaluated statistically, as opposed to…

    A form of falsificationism in which claims are evaluated statistically, as opposed to naive falsificationism, which takes an absolutist perspective.

    • The birth control pill, under sophisticated falsificationism, is considered extremely effective since the statistics show only a 0.3% failure rate.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for sophisticated falsificationism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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