Is the origin of the name LessWrong related to Karl Popper’s ideas? Popper showed that you can’t prove a scientific theory, you can only disprove it. So current Scientific “truth” is the Less Wrong explanation that today best fits the observable facts, not necessarily the Right explanation.
Is the origin of the name LessWrong related to Karl Popper’s ideas? Popper showed that you can’t prove a scientific theory, you can only disprove it. So current Scientific “truth” is the Less Wrong explanation that today best fits the observable facts, not necessarily the Right explanation.