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Episode 61: A Critical Rationalist Defense of Corroboration

The Theory of Anything

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The Myth of Unscientific Theories

Popper confuses things by making it sound as if he's asking, when is the theory unscientific. We want to distinguish merit is modes of inquiry from those that are bent which means bad evidence no test. The test method enables ad hoc maneuvering. Is it a very sneaky face saving devices than the inquiry the handling and use of data isunscientific. Despite being logically falsifiable theories can be rendered immune from falsification by means of the vocabulary methods for their testing.

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