[ExI] ​Popper and unscientific theories

[Dan TheBookMan]

On Sat, Jun 11, 2016 at 9:34 AM, John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> wrote:
> if Popper knew what a 4D hypersphere was (and he almost certainly
> didn't) he would say the existence of such a thing was a untestable
> hypothesis and the simplest explanation that fit the observable facts
> is the Earth is at the center of a regular old 3D sphere with a 13.8
> billion light year radius and no fancy stuff is required. I would
disagree.

Where are you getting this from? I'm not a fan of Popper and I'm not sure
what he know about geometry, but he actually praised Einstein for
relativity theory, especially general relativity because he believed
Einstein's theory made testable predictions -- i.e., ones that could be
falsified. (In fact, the usual targets for Popper, in his demarcation of
science from non-science, were Marxism and psychoanalysis, which he
believed the followers of insulated from falsification.)

Regards,

Dan
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