
Ep 91: David Deutsch‘s ”The Fabric of Reality” Chapter 3 “Problem Solving” Part 2
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Is General Relativity the Best Theory or Newtonian Gravity?
Theory isn't absolutely true in any way, shape or form. The best that I can say for what Popper is saying about corroboration in this case is that he's kind of talking about how some theories really do stick their neck out in a way and then don't get falsified by experiment. Eddington's experiment to distinguish between whether general relativity is the best theory or Newtonian gravity. There are no rivals, it doesn't need support because heck it's the only one we've got,. What more do you want than the best theory?
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