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Falsifiability and shrug-ability - Noahpinion
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Jan 19, 2014 — Carroll does make some good points. For example, some theories might be falsifiable in principle but not in practice, given technological ...
Is math "falsifiable"? - Noahpinion
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Sep 15, 2014 — Is math "falsifiable"? Ooooh, another chance to babble on about philosophy of science! Kevin Bryan writes: Arrow's ...
Should theories be testable? - Noahpinion
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Dec 20, 2014 — (Personally I think the word "falsifiability" is a little silly, since it's just testability + strongish priors against your own hypothesis.) Brian Greene, a ...
An econ theory, falsified - Noahpinion
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Dec 3, 2016 — And almost every theory is falsifiable to some degree of precision, since almost every theory is just an approximation of reality. What falsification ...
Is econ a science? On its good days, yes. - Noahpinion
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Mar 17, 2011 — Falsifiable theories, when they've withstood our best attempts at falsification, are just better at predicting the future than any other kinds of theories ...
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"Science" without falsification is no science - Noahpinion
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Jun 29, 2012 — Evolution fits falsificationism awkwardly, and initially Popper argued it wasn't falsifiable, but later changed his mind. I have no idea what global ...
Science is about discarding models, not making ... - Noahpinion
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Sep 29, 2011 — Karl Popper called it "falsifiability." Richard Feynman called it "doubt." But it's the same idea. You actively look for what doesn't work, and throw ...
Theory vs. Data in economics - Noahpinion
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Sep 30, 2015 — Oh yeah, fields of "knowledge" should at least be "theoretically" falsifiable, but just you try to do it when all your instruments and measures are ...
Woodford vs. the Neo-Fisherians - Noahpinion
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Jul 12, 2015 — It seems to me that most avoid falsifiability like the plague. They're much better at explaining things after the fact when low and behold it turns ...
Book Review: "Economics Rules" - Noahpinion
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Jan 24, 2016 — So the model itself might not be falsifiable (which is why, as Rodrik explains, it's a "model" rather than a "theory") but the "better question" has to ...