Does "falsify the whole theory" mean "falsify the whole theory (the
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstein's
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_relativity)"?Context:
Popper was also puzzled by the stark contrast between the non-scientific character of
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freudian_psychology and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Adler's theories in the field of
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychology and the revolution set off by
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstein's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_relativity in
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physics in the early 20th century. Karl Popper thought
that Einstein's theory, as a theory properly grounded in scientific thought and method, was highly 'risky', in the sense that it was possible to deduce consequences from it which were, in the light of the then dominant
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newtonian_physics, highly improbable (e.g., that light is deflected towards solid bodies—confirmed by Eddington's experiments in 1919), and which would, if they turned out to be false,
falsify the whole theory. In contrast, nothing could, even in principle, falsify psychoanalytic theories. He thus came to the conclusion that such theories had more in common with primitive myths than with genuine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Popper#cite_note-plato.stanford-30