Mind · Strategy
EmpiricalTest
Verifying conclusions via testable predictions
Definition
Mechanism
Identifies testable predictions from a conclusion and executes experiments (or lookups) to verify them. Increases epistemic confidence via Falsification attempts. (Formerly confused with Validate).
Preconditions
- Conclusion to test
- Test mechanism available
Postconditions
- Confidence updated based on test results
Invariants
None stated.
Risks
Failure modes
None stated.
Relationships
Builds on
References
Proof of falsehood
Infrastructure
Verifying inputs conform to expected schema
Used by
References
Infrastructure
Test a stated relation among the outputs of several runs, which needs no exact expected answer for any single run
Reference