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by ddandd 3916 days ago
And while your're at it, I suggest taking the Bayesian approach for the criterion of a scientific method, where falsification is a particular (and simplified) case of Bayesian reasoning.

A great introduction may be found at [0], if one is already well versed in Bayes theorom, then an excerpt [1] should be enough.

[0]: http://www.yudkowsky.net/rational/bayes

[1]: http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/oceanography/researchers/francoi...

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It should be noted David Miller rejects that falsifiability is related to bayesian reasoning

http://www.amazon.com/Out-Of-Error-Critical-Rationalism/dp/0...