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Keep It Real wrote:

SafeAsMilk wrote:No thanks, I'd rather be accurate, and not give myself an unnecessary burden of proof.

Not a big fan of that term TBH: the scientific method is about falsification etc.

If I'm not mistaken, the idea that scientific method is about 'falsifiability' is somewhat outdated - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falsifiability#Criticisms

Regardless, I have a nagging feeling that 'burden of proof' and 'falsifiability' in scientific method are two contextually different things and are there to deal with different claims.

On a separate note, bear in mind I haven't read this whole thread cover to cover, what definition of 'belief' do people use here? Has that definition been agreed upon?