{"slug":"can-a-tradition-be-falsified-kindly","title":"Can a tradition be falsified, kindly?","kind":"Essay","blurb":"On studying belief systems without either mocking or endorsing them.","published":"2025-09-12","board":"spatial-harmony-computed","cite_as":"Xooplab (2025). \"Can a tradition be falsified, kindly?\" xooplab.com/publications/can-a-tradition-be-falsified-kindly","read_minutes":5,"claims":[{"id":"can-a-tradition-be-falsified-kindly#claim-1","text":"Treating a tradition as a hypothesis preserves its dignity better than treating it as folklore."},{"id":"can-a-tradition-be-falsified-kindly#claim-2","text":"Falsifiability is the kindest frame: it takes the tradition's claims seriously enough to test them."},{"id":"can-a-tradition-be-falsified-kindly#claim-3","text":"Some parts of a tradition are testable; others are values judgements and should be named as such."}],"url":"https://xooplab.com/publications/can-a-tradition-be-falsified-kindly"}