Ep 131:Corroboration? Excerpts and Analysis of Popper’s ”Realism & The Aim of Science”.
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Popper Epistemology Doesn't Need It
The relationship between a theory and experience is not symmetrical. Popper was one of the first to actually say that once the theory has been explained it ceases to be that person's theory they don't have any special insight into the theory other people can be more insightful about that theory. People today can understand Einstein's theories better than Einstein or Darwin's theory of natural selection better than Darwin just because these people begin by explaining to us for the first time the theory we shouldn't expect that they best explain the theory, says David Deutsch in next episode.
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