Karl Popper - falsificatie
Another question sometimes asked is this: why is it reasonable to prefer non-falsified statements to falsified ones?
The only correct answer is the straightforward one: because we search for truth (even though we can never be sure we have found it), and because the falsified theories are known or believed to be false, while the non-falsified
theories may still be true. Besides, we do not prefer every non-falsified theory --only one which, in the light of criticism, appears to be better than its competitors: which solves our problems, which is well tested, and of which we
think, or rather conjecture or hope (considering other provisionally accepted theories), that it will stand up to further tests.