In a true science, as opposed to a pseudoscience, the following statement can be easily made: “If x happened, it would show demonstrably that theory y is not true.” We can then design an experiment—a physical one, or sometimes a thought experiment—to figure out if x actually does happen. Falsification is the opposite of verification: you must try to show that the theory is incorrect and, if you fail to do so, you actually strengthen it. To
