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Falsification VS Verification
There are 2 perspectives humans take when it comes to solving a problem while trying to provide evidence and proof.
Falsification:
Falsification means trying to prove your hypothesis wrong.
The idea was famously emphasized by philosopher Karl Popper.
Instead of asking:
“How can I prove this idea is correct?”
You ask:
“What evidence would show this idea is wrong?”
Same swan example
Hypothesis:
“All swans are white.”
Falsification test:
- Find one black swan.
If you find one, the hypothesis is immediately false.
And that’s exactly what happened historically when black swans were discovered in Australia.
Verification:
Verification means trying to prove that your hypothesis is true.
Example:
Hypothesis:
“All swans are white.”
Verification approach:
- Find a white swan ✔
- Find another white swan ✔
- Find 100 white swans ✔
You keep gathering confirming examples.
The problem
No matter how many white swans you find, you can never prove the statement absolutely.
Why?
Because somewhere there might be one black swan.
This is the weakness of verification.
PhyreDojo tries to maintain the (S.T.E.A.M.) Scientific Method from the FALSIFICATION perspective.
Why falsification is stronger:
Verification accumulates support.
Falsification tests survival under attack.
A strong scientific theory is one that:
- survives many attempts to falsify it
- makes predictions that could fail
This shows real science:
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