Re:The Scientific Method Part 5: Illusions, Delusions, and D...
by n4r9 on Friday May 03, 2024 @02:48PM
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Religious prophecy is an interesting example. It highlights the distinction between "explanation" and "prediction". Here, the explanation takes the form of a hypothesis that there is an omniscient deity. Is this a falsifiable hypothesis? Yes we can point to the accuracy of the predictions as an argument in its favour, but that doesn't differentiate between the deity hypothesis and - for example - an alien species with advanced predictive power that lives secretly among us. And if there were other tests that could be used to distinguish the deity hypothesis from alternatives, then I feel that the deity is behaving within the laws of nature.
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