https://www.conservapedia.com/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=14billionbreathsConservapedia - User contributions [en]2026-10-14T02:58:37ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.35.14https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Falsifiability_as_a_criterion_of_demarcation_of_science_from_nonscience&diff=443576Falsifiability as a criterion of demarcation of science from nonscience2008-04-30T20:50:38Z<p>14billionbreaths: </p>
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<div>== Falsification as a necessary precursor to science ==<br />
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The scientific method as described in modern science textbooks requires a rigorous (but general) protocol:<br />
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'''Observation''' the sun rises in the east and sets in the west<br />
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'''Hypothesis Building''' the sun is set in a crystal sphere that rotates around the earth from east to west<br />
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'''Predictions of hypothesis''' the crystal sphere must rotate in a perfect circle. No other object should occupy the sphere. The sun must always rotate east to west.<br />
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'''Hypothesis Testing''' Do I see a crystal sphere? Does the sun rotate in a perfect circle? Does anything else occupy the same sphere as the sun? Is it always east to west?<br />
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'''Analysis''' The Moon occupies the same sphere. The Sun does not go east to west above the arctic circle. The sun does not rotate in a perfect circle. I see no crystal sphere. '''Therefore'''<br />
the sun must not be set in a crystal sphere that rotates from east to west. I must formulate a new hypothesis...<br />
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'''Retest using alternative hypothesis''' Perhaps the earth rotates around the sun?...<br />
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No statements can be made in science that do not follow this general format. Most critically, predictions must be made and tested against a real experimental platform. Without this critical step, a hypothesis cannot be said to have been scientifically tested.</div>14billionbreathshttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Falsifiability_as_a_criterion_of_demarcation_of_science_from_nonscience&diff=443575Falsifiability as a criterion of demarcation of science from nonscience2008-04-30T20:48:57Z<p>14billionbreaths: New page: == Falsification as a necessary precursor to science == The scientific method as described in modern science textbooks requires a rigorous (but general) protocol: '''Observation''' the s...</p>
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<div>== Falsification as a necessary precursor to science ==<br />
<br />
The scientific method as described in modern science textbooks requires a rigorous (but general) protocol:<br />
<br />
'''Observation''' the sun rises in the east and sets in the west<br />
<br />
'''Hypothesis Building''' the sun is set in a crystal sphere that rotates around the earth from east to west<br />
<br />
'''Predictions of hypothesis''' the crystal sphere must rotate in a perfect circle. No other object should occupy the sphere. The sun must always rotate east to west.<br />
<br />
'''Hypothesis Testing''' Do I see a crystal sphere? Does the sun rotate in a perfect circle? Does anything else occupy the same sphere as the sun? Is it always east to west?<br />
<br />
'''Analysis''' The Moon occupies the same sphere. The Sun does not go east to west above the arctic circle. The sun does not rotate in a perfect circle. I see no crystal sphere. '''Therefore'''<br />
the sun must not be set in a crystal sphere that rotates from east to west. I must formulate a new hypothesis...<br />
<br />
'''Retest using alternative hypothesis''' Perhaps the earth rotates around the sun?...<br />
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No statements can be made in science that do not follow this general format. Most critically,</div>14billionbreaths