Sir Karl Popper wrote that the nature of scientific thought is that we could never be sure of anything. The only way to test the validity of any theory was to prove it wrong, a process he labeled falsification. And it turns out we're quite bad at falsification
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Falsification: How to Destroy Incorrect Ideast Ideas
February 24, 2014
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“The human mind is a lot like the human egg,
and the human egg has a shut-off device.
When one sperm gets in, it shuts down so the next one can’t get in.”
— Charlie Munger
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<span>Sir Karl Popper wrote that the nature of scientific thought is that we could never be sure of anything. The only way to test the validity of any theory was to prove it wrong, a process he labeled falsification. And it turns out we're quite bad at falsification.
When it comes to testing a theory we don't instinctively try to find evidence we're wrong. It's much easier and more mentally satisfying to find information that proves our intuition Summary
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