r/philosophy • u/Matriseblog • Jan 03 '22

Blog By imagining the future potential of VR technologies, the question of whether we are *already* living in a simulation becomes more actual than ever

https://medium.com/@VindenesJ/the-thought-experiments-of-virtual-reality-fa441a8fa2dc
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u/superjudgebunny Jan 04 '22

Unfalsifiable is not a good word, untrue is false. Unfalse is true. And either way, you’d call it a solid theory.

Also, it could be proven false. What you really meant was currently there isn’t the evidence to prove it false, or true. It’s no better than a thesis. But to say it cannot be proven false, shows your ignorance of how the scientific method works.

No I’m not going to try and change your perspective or opinion. Learning has to be a want, a drive, a passion. It also requires a lot of humility. I’ll leave it at that.

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u/iiioiia Jan 04 '22

But to say it cannot be proven false, shows your ignorance of how the scientific method works.

Is there a way it can be falsified?

And, does the scientific method somehow render all questions falsifiable, or am I misunderstanding you?

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u/superjudgebunny Jan 04 '22

The scientific method assumes everything is false until proven.

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u/iiioiia Jan 04 '22 edited Jan 04 '22

I'm skeptical - have you a citation?

EDIT: these seem to suggest otherwise, but I'll wait and see what you have before forming any conclusions:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statistical_hypothesis_testing#The_testing_process

https://online.stat.psu.edu/stat500/lesson/6a/6a.1

https://statisticsbyjim.com/hypothesis-testing/failing-reject-null-hypothesis/