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== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Applying</span> == '''Modeling 'Falsification' Logic:''' <syntaxhighlight lang="python"> def test_hypothesis(hypothesis_prediction, experimental_result): """ Based on Karl Popper's logic. """ if hypothesis_prediction == experimental_result: return "CORROBORATED: The theory survives to be tested another day." else: return "FALSIFIED: The theory is wrong. Time for a new hypothesis!" # Theory: 'All water boils at 100C' # Result: 'Water boils at 90C on a mountain' print(test_hypothesis(100, 90)) # Science is the process of 'killing' bad ideas. # Only the strongest ideas survive. </syntaxhighlight> ; Philosophy Landmarks : '''The Vienna Circle''' β A group of 20th-century philosophers who argued that only "verifiable" statements are meaningful (Logical Positivism). : '''Scientific Realism''' β The belief that the world described by science is "Real," even if we can't see things like atoms or quarks. : '''Instrumentalism''' β The belief that theories are just "Tools" for prediction, and it doesn't matter if they are "True" as long as they work. : '''Paul Feyerabend''' β A radical philosopher who argued that there is "No one method" and that "Anything goes" in the history of great discoveries. </div> <div style="background-color: #8B4500; color: #FFFFFF; padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; margin-bottom: 15px;">
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