Mystery AtlasScientific Theories & Frontiers
Philosophy
Philosophical problems that frame the site's subjects — epistemology, scepticism, the demarcation of science from pseudoscience, thought experiments and paradoxes.
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What Is the Demarcation Problem?
The demarcation problem explained: Popper's falsifiability criterion, Kuhn's critique, and why no single test cleanly separates science from pseudoscience.
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What Is the Simulation Hypothesis?
The simulation hypothesis explained: Nick Bostrom's 2003 trilemma, the case for and against it, and why it's a philosophical argument, not a science.
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