Critical Thinking Research and Stats

Episode 3: Predictions, Predictions

Have you ever heard of someone who says they can predict the future? Perhaps you’ve seen magazine articles in which someone claims to have predicted some famous event. The so-called Mayan calendar predicted the ed of the world in 2012, and Nostradamus comes to mind as someone who made a lot of predictions.


What makes for a good predication and how are predictions made by scientists different than those made by Nostradamus? Put a new name in your vocabulary: Karl Popper. Find out in what I think will be an interesting exploration into your mind…

The Importance of Falsifiability


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  1. A Simple Psychological Experiment | The Psych Files

    February 11, 2007

    […] Check out episode 3 in which I discuss hypotheses and Popper’s important concept of falsifiability. […]

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