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magicguido

(6,315 posts) Sat Nov 21, 2020, 03:39 PM Nov 2020

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Conspiracy Garbage must be Crushed

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Conspiracy Garbage must be Crushed (Original Post) magicguido Nov 2020 OP

Excellent piece. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2020 #1

Popper is hard to read but powerful. byronius Nov 2020 #2

Very good summary of Popper's premise burrowowl Nov 2020 #3

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,920 posts)

1. Excellent piece.

Reply to magicguido (Original post)

Sat Nov 21, 2020, 03:52 PM

Nov 2020

Unfortunately, the people who fall for conspiracy garbage simply don't understand the concept of "falsifiability" and never will.

byronius

(7,403 posts)

2. Popper is hard to read but powerful.

Reply to magicguido (Original post)

Sat Nov 21, 2020, 05:08 PM

Nov 2020

File under 'things I learned from my kids'. My son forced me to read 'Logic of Scientific Discovery'. Took me four months.

Worth it.

burrowowl

(17,653 posts)

3. Very good summary of Popper's premise

Reply to magicguido (Original post)

Mon Nov 23, 2020, 03:43 AM

Nov 2020

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