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**everlastinge** · 09-21-2012, 10:58 AM

And then there was Karl Popper.

He said that the hallmark of scientific theories is that these are falsifiable. You can prove them wrong by empirical evidence. A theory that is not amenable to falsification is not a scientific theory. Thus he gave a method for demarcation of scientific and non-scientific theories. This is the Popperian wisdom.

Then once a journalist of science called John Horgan once interviewed Popper for Scientific American.

Is your theory ( of demarcation of scientific theories) falsifiable? Popper leaned forward and put his hand on Horgan's hand and said, "I do not want to hurt you - that is a silly question - my theory is not a theory of science".

Cute.

09-21-2012, 10:58 AM	#24
everlastinge Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 406 Senior Member	And then there was Karl Popper. He said that the hallmark of scientific theories is that these are falsifiable. You can prove them wrong by empirical evidence. A theory that is not amenable to falsification is not a scientific theory. Thus he gave a method for demarcation of scientific and non-scientific theories. This is the Popperian wisdom. Then once a journalist of science called John Horgan once interviewed Popper for Scientific American. Is your theory ( of demarcation of scientific theories) falsifiable? Popper leaned forward and put his hand on Horgan's hand and said, "I do not want to hurt you - that is a silly question - my theory is not a theory of science". Cute.
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