Full Idea
According to Popper, falsification is the criterion of demarcation between science and non-science.
Gist of Idea
Falsification is the criterion of demarcation between science and non-science
Source
report of Karl Popper (The Logic of Scientific Discovery [1934]) by Bryan Magee - Popper Ch.3
Book Reference
Magee,Bryan: 'Popper' [Fontana 1974], p.43
A Reaction
If I propose something which might be falsified in a hundred years, is it science NOW? Suppose my theory appeared to be falsifiable, but (after much effort) it turned out not to be? Suppose I just see a pattern (like quark theory) in a set of facts?