Re: Hypothesis Testing (relevant to Evolution vs. Creation)
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I don't think many people understand how hypothesis testing actually works in science. You can never prove that a hypothesis is true. All you can really say is that either a hypothesis is false and we should reject it, or that the evidence we have isn't sufficient to reject.
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Some philosophers also think that no individual hypothesis or theory is falsifiable either. I do think that Popper's description of scientists as being in the business of falsifying theories is misleading.
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