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Originally Posted by Southtown
What is the purpose of a hypothesis if not to be held as true?
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The purpose of a hypothesis is to generate testable predictions. If the hypothesis can not generate testable predictions, it is not a good hypothesis.
When you test a hypothesis it can either fail, or it can pass the test.
If it fails the test(s), you either have to modify the hypothesis (most often) or scrap it completely.
If it pass the test, you device new tests that can falsify the hypothesis.
and so on...
Whether a hypothesis is good or bad does not depend on whether it is true or false, it depends on whether it is testable or not.
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Morten S
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