Persephone vs Axis Tilt

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Dennis HackethalOP·​#4249·​

@liberty-fitz-claridge take a look at this discussion as a whole. At the time of writing, the Persephone myth (#4240) has 5 pending criticisms, whereas the axis-tilt theory (#4243) has no pending criticisms. Hence a rational preference for the latter: Veritula says to reject ideas with pending criticisms and adopt those without.

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Dennis HackethalOP·​#4250·​·​Criticism

But some of the criticisms basically say that the Persephone myth is “easy to vary”.

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Dennis HackethalOP·​#4251·​·​Criticism

But the criticisms don’t try to find out how easy to vary the Persephone myth is. Nor do we try to find out how hard to vary the axis-tilt theory is.

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Dennis HackethalOP·​#4253·​

Basically, a small part of the notion of ‘easy to vary’ gets to live on in Veritula as an approximation, as Popper would phrase it.

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Dennis HackethalOP·​#4252·​·​Criticism

That’s only some of the criticisms though. Others have nothing to do with easy/hard to vary.

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