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by tgv
1261 days ago
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If you want another one: Alzheimer. The amyloid plaque theory was utterly dominant for 30 years. But the research led to nothing, the medicines that were developed don't work. This article was linked here recently: https://www.quantamagazine.org/what-causes-alzheimers-scient... I'm sure there are theories in history, political science or sociology which once met the criteria, but are wrong. One of the things that (IMO!) is extremely important for something to be accepted as a fact is whether we can explain it through a causal model. The assumptions of such a model should at least meet the same criteria, but probably even stricter ones. A simple hand-waving explanation, no matter how widely accepted, should ever be accepted as fact. |
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