In so far as a scientific statement speaks about reality, it must be
falsifiable: and in so far as it is not falsifiable, it does not speak
about reality.
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According to the most influential twentieth-century philosopher of science, Karl Popper, a theory is scientific only in so far as it is falsifiable, and should be given up as soon as it has been falsified. By this standard, the theories of Darwin and Einstein should never have been accepted.
john n. gray