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by jswinghammer 4625 days ago
Right. There's no way to disprove theories that are tested in this way. Proponents of the theories being tested could always say that the attempt wasn't large enough, that the officials didn't believe enough in the policy, that the gods were angry that quarter, etc., etc. At some point you need a sound theory to draw back on that does not require this sort of testing to stand on its' own.