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Can a tradition be falsified, kindly?

Spatial harmony, computed boardRohan KapoorPublished 2025 · 09~5 min
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published   2025-09-12
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author   Rohan Kapoor
cite_as   Xooplab (2025). "Can a tradition be falsified, kindly?" xooplab.com/publications/can-a-tradition-be-falsified-kindly
Machine abstract · key claims
  1. Treating a tradition as a hypothesis preserves its dignity better than treating it as folklore.
  2. Falsifiability is the kindest frame: it takes the tradition's claims seriously enough to test them.
  3. Some parts of a tradition are testable; others are values judgements and should be named as such.

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