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> >> >ie the SM proposes models, builds hypotheses based on the models and
then
> >> >proposes tests to attemp to FALSIFY the model.
> >>


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> Imagine teaching SM to a school student: "..... next formulate
> a model, and then try to find data which falsifies that which you
> just formulated ...." - and small wonder teenagers might think
> that their elders are so dumb.
>

Of course, any truth seeker is looking for _both_ kinds of information. Then
he/she follows wherever it leads, refining the hypothesis as they go along,
or if facts require it, jettisoning the hypothesis altogether......

The factors that adversely affect this process may include, but are not
limited to...

1. Ignorance
2. Disposition (do I _want_ to accept this information, do I hold any
presuppositions/biases)
3. Circumstances outside of our control.

MES

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