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Evbn on Dec 13, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Milton Friedman's Thermostat

Changing a hypothesis in the face of evidence is good science. Guessing the correct hypothesis in advance is irrelevant narrative-building.

hnal943 on Dec 13, 2012 [–]

Surely you would need further experimentation to prove your new hypothesis, right? It doesn't seem very rigorous to just shrug your shoulders and publish a hypothesis that fits the data.

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