Feb 20, 2017 19:55
7 yrs ago
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English term

Not even wrong

English to Russian Science Idioms / Maxims / Sayings logic
"Your position is not only not right, it's not even wrong."

An argument that appears to be scientific is said to be "not even wrong" if it cannot be falsified (i.e., tested with the possibility of being rejected) by experiment or cannot be used to make predictions about the natural world. The phrase was coined by theoretical physicist Wolfgang Pauli, who was known for his colorful objections to incorrect or sloppy thinking.[1]
--http://dictionary.sensagent.com/Not_even_wrong/en-en/
--https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_even_wrong


Есть ли устоявшийся эквивалент в научных кругах?
Спасибо.
Change log

Feb 20, 2017 21:00: Sofia Gutkin changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

PRO (3): Mikhail Kropotov, DTSM, Sofia Gutkin

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Proposed translations

+2
30 mins
Selected

...ее нельзя назвать даже ложной

Твою точку зрения нельзя назвать даже ложной

см.
В научном смысле истинность или ложность теории может быть применена только к теории, отвечающей признакам научной, в частности, признаку фальсифицируемости. Таким образом для нефальсифицируемой — и оттого ненаучной — теории невозможно доказательство её ложности, но по этой же причине невозможно и доказательство истинности (за отсутствием «обратного варианта»).
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Фальсифицируемость
Peer comment(s):

agree DTSM
30 mins
Спасибо!
agree Sofia Gutkin
34 mins
Thank you, Sofia!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
+1
8 mins

это даже не дотягивает до ошибочного

Это не только неправильно, это даже не дотягивает до ошибочного!
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Паули,_Вольфганг
Peer comment(s):

agree Landsknecht
2 hrs
Спасибо.
neutral danya : я понимаю, что мопед не ваш, но этот перевод не дотягивает даже до ошибочного)
12 hrs
Спасибо.
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12 hrs

(это) даже (и) не позиция

Ваша позиция не просто неверна - это даже и не позиция
позиция/мнение/точка зрения и т.п.

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Note added at 12 hrs (2017-02-21 08:19:45 GMT)
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и позицией не назовёшь
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