Ömer: The problem which troubled me at the time was neither, ‘When is a theory true?’ nor, ‘When is a theory acceptable?’ My problem was different. I wished to distinguish between science and pseudo-science; knowing very well that science often errs, and that pseudo-science may happen to stumble on the truth.

The problem which troubled me at the time was neither, ‘When is a theory true?’ nor, ‘When is a theory acceptable?’ My problem was different. I wished to distinguish between science and pseudo-science; knowing very well that science often errs, and that pseudo-science may happen to stumble on the truth.

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Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge Karl R. Popper

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Marry

Imm... it is talking about the pseudo science is more realistic and true? 🤔🤔

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He is striving to explain the situation that how can we distinguish science and pseudoscience. Also according to him, pseudoscience looks like astrology while science is like astronomy.