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The scientific method is built on and requires falsifiability, which is about as inoffensive an axiom as possible.
Axioms aren't measured on offensiveness.
It more or less boils down to "if you observe it, it exists, but if you fail to observe it, then you only builds a compelling case for it to not exist, you can't prove it."
No, that's not what falsifiability is.
Your rant afterwards really has no bearing on anything.
Comment by WorkItMakeItDoIt at 24/02/2025 at 14:18 UTC
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You're right in that I was oversimplifying.
A claim is falsifiable if there exists a possible observation or experiment that could prove it wrong.
Physicalism has no such experiment.
Comment by WorkItMakeItDoIt at 24/02/2025 at 14:14 UTC
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See? Semantics. One word out of context. just say you reject falsifiability and we're on the same page.