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Episode 61: A Critical Rationalist Defense of Corroboration

The Theory of Anything

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The Paparian War on Words

The word support is used to mean that we're doing an experiment and it came out in favor of a theory. And by implication, refuted the other theory. So I don't see any particular problem with the language of support if it's used in this kind of context where we're talking about a crucial test. There is no way to say I'm wrong because what I'm using the word support as a label to mean is identical to the paparian, negative, this philosophy at this point.

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