Episode 55: Why are Empirical Theories Special? (IQ part 3)
The Theory of Anything
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The Convention of Adhoc Saving Theories
Popper: If you're allowed to ad hoc save a theory like that, every theory is not empirical. Every theory becomes metaphysical and become irrefutable," he says. Popper: People choose what they want to do based on their thought-hollable theories. "Without an experiment to distinguish between the possibility that they are just choosing to subvert the tests"
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