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The humor comes when the comic applies this idea to the life and biographical information of Karl Popper himself. Note that, in real life, such a subject would be a matter for ''historical'' proof, not scientific, and would thus fall outside the realm of study Popper was thinking of. | The humor comes when the comic applies this idea to the life and biographical information of Karl Popper himself. Note that, in real life, such a subject would be a matter for ''historical'' proof, not scientific, and would thus fall outside the realm of study Popper was thinking of. | ||
− | The title text takes this reading a couple of steps further in a kind of meta-analysis. It points out that | + | The title text takes this reading a couple of steps further in a kind of meta-analysis. It points out that Miss Lenhart's claim of no evidence has not been proven false, and also that we're dealing with only the knowledge of a single individual who may not be aware of evidence that might exist. |
Another reading of Popper points out that Popper’s philosophy discarded proofs altogether as a defining feature of science. Thus, there is no such thing as definitive evidence in Popper’s notion of science: even falsifying assertions themselves are seen as falsifiable. | Another reading of Popper points out that Popper’s philosophy discarded proofs altogether as a defining feature of science. Thus, there is no such thing as definitive evidence in Popper’s notion of science: even falsifying assertions themselves are seen as falsifiable. |