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"Single datapoint overturns centuries of theories built from carefully collected data that have sustained numerous attempts at falsification". No.
by dekhn 3y ago
"Single datapoint overturns centuries of theories built from carefully collected data that have sustained numerous attempts at falsification".
No.
- moon_moon 3y ago[dead]
- isaacfrond 3y agoIt can actually. That's how science works.
- dekhn 3y agoWell, no, if you have a preponderance of evidence supporting a position, effectively no single "existence proof" data point would really convince large numbers of scientists to change their status quo belief. I would love if you could give some examples. One that sort of seems like it could qualify is the discovery that gastric disease is mostly caused by a bacterial infection, rather than stress, but it doesn't really seem to qualify.