I think Musk was espousing some Popperian scientific method, because 5) refers to falsifiability, while other the steps include newer things like probability/credence. So by "axiom" he sounds like he simply didn't know the standard scientific meaning of the term, but rather had in mind the idea of hypotheses/model/assumptions, etc., and do you think reading his explanation that way might help make more sense?
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I think Musk was espousing some Popperian scientific method, because 5) refers to falsifiability, while other the steps include newer things like probability/credence. So by "axiom" he sounds like he simply didn't know the standard scientific meaning of the term, but rather had in mind the idea of hypotheses/model/assumptions, etc., and do you think reading his explanation that way might help make more sense?