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What is the burden of proof?
When a claim is falsifiable, Karl Popper had the burden lying with others to try and falsify it. If it is not falsifiable, Bertrand Russell had proof lying with the person who made the unfalsifiable claim. Could this mean a researcher cannot gather data to verify their thesis unless it is unfalsifiable? My paper explores proof in climate change. Greenhouse Teapot 040717
How can a think tank be creative?
It solves real problems by discourse between individuals with a wide range of complementary skills who explore boundaries and generate innovative ideas. The group dynamic is impersonal, objective, critical, non-competitive and mutual. The group may hone their creative interaction by recording proceedings and playing parts back to reinforce contexts leading to lightbulb insights.
In the political crime fiction novel Presumed Dead, crime reconstruction is performed by a think tank. https://wp.me/P1z4yo-n
Get your smarts into this.
Euler discovered that if you make more entrances than exits, you will be stuck there! In the crime fiction novel Presumed Dead, the crime reconstruction is solved using this insight. How smart is that? https://wp.me/P1z4yo-n
How lucky is crime investigation?
Many crime fiction stories are solved by luck, by coincidence, by interrogation and by confession. These are not often available in investigation of real crimes and the CI has to rely on search for evidence and analysis. This can be haphazard or systematic and efficient. In the political crime fiction novel Presumed Dead, the CI follows an Euler Walk to reconstruct the crime efficiently. The method could be widely used, even by other crime fiction writers.
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