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But such exemption from standards of evidence and falsifiability puts the claim on the same epistemic level as astrology or climate skepticism.

From Washington Post • Oct. 26, 2022

The resulting data famine gave rise to a new theoretical framework that omits any obligation for falsifiability.

From Scientific American • May 17, 2021

He says autoethnographic studies cannot claim to have "falsifiability, testability, representability, extrapolation, prediction, and other conditions securing reliable scientific enquiry".

From BBC • May 9, 2017

Originating from the work of Charles Darwin in the mid-19th century, the theory of evolution has withstood generations of scientific testing for falsifiability.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

In any event, you can probably see why most psychological scientists fret over the falsifiability of Freudian theories.

From Slate • Sep. 14, 2011