From "Not Wrong" to (Maybe) Right
History and Philosophy of Physics
2010-12-09 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Popular Physics
Abstract
This is a short, light spirited account of how some possibly important science actually happened. It very much conflicts with Popper's contention that the key to scientific progress is falsification.
Cite
@article{arxiv.physics/0403115,
title = {From "Not Wrong" to (Maybe) Right},
author = {Frank Wilczek},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0403115},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
This is, in essence, a solicited "Turning Points" feature written for Nature. It appeared, in a slightly abbreviated form, in the March 18 issue