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Episode 55: Why are Empirical Theories Special? (IQ part 3)

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The Doyachins' View of IQ Theory

IQ theory as I just mentioned has survived refutations things that would have refuted it. That makes it a legitimate scientific theory period end of story under proper epistemology, other than it could have been falsified by observation and clashed with experience. So the Doyachin view is that theory isn't a theory at all; theory like eating orange is stop scurvy isn't a theories at all. Until you have a full explanation how the body works ... then they'll take it as an actual scientific theory. Well, no, that's not what we want. If you had to do that it would be really hard to get scientific theory into the ground. It requires so much knowledge

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