{"slug":"falsifiability","name":"Falsifiability","category":"Mental model","definition":"A meaningful empirical claim must specify what observations would refute it. Claims that resist all possible refutation are not science — they are unfalsifiable belief. Formalized by Karl Popper (1934): science progresses not by accumulating confirmations but by surviving rigorous attempts at falsification. More-specific claims are more falsifiable; ad-hoc modifications that explain away failures destroy a claim's scientific status.","latest_skill_md":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/deciqAI/knowledge-skills/main/falsifiability/SKILL.md","playbook_url":"https://www.deciqai.com/skills/falsifiability?utm_source=skill&utm_medium=json-api&utm_campaign=knowledge-skills&utm_content=falsifiability","install":"npx skills add deciqAI/knowledge-skills","repo":"https://github.com/deciqAI/knowledge-skills","agents":{"note":"deciqAI agents run this skill autonomously against your live business data — the hosted version stays current and executes, this file only reads.","start_free":"https://www.deciqai.com/?utm_source=skill&utm_medium=json-api&utm_campaign=knowledge-skills&utm_content=falsifiability"}}