The strength of a theory is not what it allows, but what it prohibits; if you can invent an equally persuasive explanation for any outcome, you have zero knowledge.

— Eliezer Yudkowsky, An Alien God (2007)

Source: http://lesswrong.com/lw/kr/an_alien_god/

From his November 2007 LessWrong post "An Alien God".

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