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Without spending any more time, which I already did anyway. IT IS ABSOLUTELY (B) for me.
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IMO, E negates the concept of falsification. If all outcomes are predicted, then it is not possible that at least 1 outcome is not, as defined by the concept of falsification
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Here is what I think guys. If I were to phrase the continuation of the sentence, it would have be something along the lines of: The scientist left no room to find any cracks in his theory (in laments terms). In other words, no matter how many observations, we WILL not find one observation that is contrary to his theory, or proves it wrong.

According to A: his theory is consistent with all known facts. Which could mean that one of those facts is contradictory to his theory, therefore can prove his theory wrong. Thus he didnt fail to meet the criterion. What so you guys think?
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IMO, E negates the concept of falsification. If all outcomes are predicted, then it is not possible that at least 1 outcome is not, as defined by the concept of falsification



Wheeew, as always, I hate it when this happens. E was so tempted to go with E in the first place, change my mind many times and happens to be wrong. "It will payoff really well on the real thing." :beat



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