Popper's Falsifiability

Core Philosophy

"A theory that explains everything explains nothing." — Karl Popper

A claim is only meaningful if you can specify what evidence would prove it wrong. Falsifiability does not mean a claim IS false — it means the claim is structured so that it COULD be shown false by evidence. This is what separates testable hypotheses from unfalsifiable beliefs.

Unlike First Principles (which decomposes to ground truths) or Dialectics (which examines opposing positions), this method takes a single claim and stress-tests whether it can survive contact with reality.

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