My scientific laws of probability (L1)-(L5) are based on a philosophical idea of Karl Popper. Specifically, (L5) is an embodiment of Popper's falsifiability idea. A number of people pointed out to me that Popper is not popular any more.
Mathematical truths and scientific laws are forever. The Pythagorean Theorem was proved 2,500 years ago and it is still true today. Archimedes' Principle was discovered 2,200 years ago and it is not less valid today than it was in antiquity. Some theorems proved to be false and some experiments disproved some purported laws of nature. Saying that Pythagoras or Archimedes are not popular today has only a trivial meaning - they generate fewer hits than Michael Jackson does in Google.
My reaction to "unpopularity" of Popper is twofold. First, I wish that people ask me which of Popper's ideas I adopted and why I think that they are true or useful. The question of whether Popper is popular is irrelevant, unless "unpopular" means that all Popper's ideas have been disproved in a convincing way.
My second thought is that I hope that my laws (L1)-(L5) will be considered to be true or false, correct or incorrect, accurate or inaccurate, useful or useless. In other words, I wish that (L1)-(L5) will be treated like Maxwell's Equations or the theory of phlogiston. I hope that (L1)-(L5) will never be considered popular or unpopular, as (some) philosophical theories are.
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