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The psychological advantage of unfalsifiability: The appeal of untestable religious and political ideologies

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    The link contains the abstract. You get the full article by pasting the URL on https://sci-hub.se/. In the article: how untestable claims strengthen religious and political groups, and the...

    The link contains the abstract. You get the full article by pasting the URL on https://sci-hub.se/.

    In the article: how untestable claims strengthen religious and political groups, and the negatives effects this practice have on public discourse.

    From the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy:

    Unfalsifiability

    This error in explanation occurs when the explanation contains a claim that is not falsifiable, because there is no way to check on the claim. That is, there would be no way to show the claim to be false if it were false.

    Example: "He lied because he’s possessed by demons."

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        Good, I didn't know how to do that, thanks!

        Good, I didn't know how to do that, thanks!

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