[Avodah] Religion and Falsifiability

[David Riceman]

Micha Berger wrote:
> What information would you need to be presented to take off your kipah?
>
> However, this does mean that in religion's core domain, I do believe
> that certain things could not possibly ever be found.
I'm surprised not to find mussar on your list.  I once had a 
(non-religious) officemate who lived in Brooklyn and who insisted that 
certain groups of orthodox Jews were notoriously dishonest businessmen.  
I argued that he probably had a biased sample - - he just noticed these 
people more when they behaved dishonestly.

Suppose, however, that someone asked you for an example of evil 
behavior, and then produced a survey showing that observant Jews were 
evil in that way more than <picture your favorite control group here>.  
Would that affect you?

David Riceman