Psychology / Unit 1 Psych 0040 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Unfalsifiable Claim
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The idea
An unfalsifiable claim is one that no possible observation could refute, which places it outside scientific testing.
In practice
"Everyone has an unconscious wish, and denying it proves the wish is repressed" counts every outcome as confirmation.
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