That ID may or may not be falsifiable is not as much of a concern to me as finding helpful conceptual tools. From Wordnik.com. [A Dubious "Opportunity" for IDers] Reference
Its claims are not falsifiable, which is why economists can disagree so violently among themselves. From Wordnik.com. [NewsBlaze.com Current News - Top Stories] Reference
Now, the most "falsifiable" theories are the ones which are actually false or totally absurd. From Wordnik.com. [Again, there is absolutely no teleology involved] Reference
These predictions make evolution falsifiable, which is why it’s a science and creationism isn’t. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » For Democrats, Even a 2010 Win Will Feel Like a Loss] Reference
And thanks for your point about the meaning in the specific word "falsifiable". From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
The term "falsifiable" has a real meaning and your replacement isn't quite the same. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
As I pointed out, even Kipling’s just-so stories are falsifiable, which is more than you can say for ID. mark. From Wordnik.com. [Just so stories - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
If something can be proved wrong, that means it is "falsifiable", it isn't really all that difficult to understand. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
While I haven't studied Popper since I was a wee undergrad, as I recall, that's precisely what "falsifiable" means, sir. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
The answer is simple: a risk system which you cannot back test in this way is not "falsifiable" therefore you should stay away from it. From Wordnik.com. [TechWeb]
And which of these was a falsifiable prediction again?. From Wordnik.com. [Wired Top Stories] Reference
"And which of these was a falsifiable prediction again?". From Wordnik.com. [Wired Top Stories] Reference
Indeed Popper advises that a theory must be falsifiable. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
If there is no falsifiable prediction, there is no necessity. From Wordnik.com. [Guest Post: Joe Polchinski on Science or Sociology?] Reference
“Probability” is not falsifiable per Popperian constructs!. From Wordnik.com. [Science and Unobservable Things] Reference
The problem with that perspective is that it's not falsifiable. From Wordnik.com. [Worrying about the wrong spending will keep us from doing the right spending] Reference
Could the theory presented in The Origin of Species be falsifiable?. From Wordnik.com. [Bell curves] Reference
Just as science should be falsifiable, ideologies should be disbelievable. From Wordnik.com. [Saving the American Left: The Case for a New Progressive Creed] Reference
The point is that his physics were falsifiable and produced amazing results. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Coming up with falsifiable predictions is often difficult in the life sciences. From Wordnik.com. [Bell curves] Reference
To be a science requires (at a minimum) some falsifiable theories - ID has none. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
The only evidence that exists is physical, material, verifiable, and falsifiable. From Wordnik.com. [How to Respond to a Supercilious Christian] Reference
It is important to note that by definition, science is modifiable and falsifiable. From Wordnik.com. [Cara L. Santa Maria: Is Science Just a New Religion?] Reference
Instead they are being treated as empirical assertions that are in principle falsifiable. From Wordnik.com. [These Times They Are A-Changin'] Reference
The more different falsifiable statements we can make from our theory, the better, I say. From Wordnik.com. [Theories, laws, facts] Reference
The problem with creationism (and lordmogul's logic) is that creationism is not falsifiable. From Wordnik.com. [Wired Top Stories] Reference
But it is interested in questions that are potentially verifiable (or, rather, falsifiable). From Wordnik.com. [Sam Harris: Pope 'Rottweiler' Barks] Reference
Finally, ID does make some falsifiable predictions: mainly that I am intelligently designed. From Wordnik.com. [Theories, laws, facts] Reference
Explanations of large classes of phenomena must make testable predictions and be falsifiable. From Wordnik.com. [How to Think Like a Scientist] Reference
It is falsifiable if we see complex functioning things arising naturally from simpler things. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
At it's heart, science is based on the ideal that its hypotheses are, ultimately, falsifiable. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Sounds to me like the theory is falsifiable, and has been falsified, too, for entire kingdoms. From Wordnik.com. [Bell curves] Reference
So far, when combined with the string landscape this does not yield any falsifiable predictions. From Wordnik.com. [String Theory is Losing the Public Debate] Reference
It makes no testable predictions, it is not falsifiable through observation of the natural world. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
In what sense is the finding that mutations occur at random in respect of fitness not falsifiable?. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
A statement can be falsifiable in this sense although it is not in practice possible to falsify it. From Wordnik.com. [Science and Pseudo-Science] Reference
It's not arguing from ignorance - science works by comparing falsifiable hypotheses to the evidence. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
His BELIEF in creationism (and many other oddities) was not falsifiable, was not science and so went precisely nowhere. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
It was not a good theory, but it was at least a genuine scientific theory: it was falsifiable; and it was in fact quickly falsified. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
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