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> Deterrence, according to the Wikipedia page, doesn't fit that definition of the word. Yes, because the word "theory" was used erroneously. Saying that its cu
by dkersten 7y ago
> Deterrence, according to the Wikipedia page, doesn't fit that definition of the word.
Yes, because the word "theory" was used erroneously. Saying that its currently a hypothesis would have been better.
- dragonwriter 7y ago> Yes, because the word "theory" was used erroneously. Saying that its currently a hypothesis would have been better. No, it was used correctly; “theory” has definitions other than those in the context of empirical science and the use of “hypothesis” would have been at least as wrong as the scientific sense of “theory”.