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Falsifiability

Edited by Yoav Ravid, et al. last updated 20th Aug 2020

Falsifiability or Refutability is the capacity for a statement, theory or hypothesis to be contradicted by evidence. For example, the statement "All swans are white" is falsifiable because one can observe that black swans exist. (From Wikipedia)

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