The Myth of Falsifiability

This is a video about the myth of falsifiability, a commonly cited doctrine often used to exclude certain points of view and evidence from consideration as “not scientific”. I discuss the glaring problems with the popular versions of this doctrine and the lack of a rigorous quantitative formulation of a more nuanced concept of falsifiability as originally proposed, but not developed, by the philosopher Karl Popper. I give a brief introduction to our work on developing a rigorous quantitative falsifiability metric and its practical applications such as confirming the safety and effectiveness of drugs and medical treatments.

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