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The Unfalsifiability Problem
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The unfalsifiability problem: a thesis defended by re-describing every counterexample becomes compatible with everything — and a claim compatible with everything explains nothing.
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Suppose a theorist holds that all swans are white and re-labels every black swan a painted one. The thesis survives; its content is gone.
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