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No Experimental Result Can Ever Kill A Theory: Any Theory Can Be Saved From Counterinstances Either By Some Auxiliary Hypothesis Or By A Suitable Reinterpretation Of Its Terms.
-Imre Lakatos
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No Experimental Result Can Ever Kill A

Imre Lakatos
No Experimental Result Can Ever Kill A Theory: Any Theory Can Be Saved From Counterinstances Either By Some Auxiliary Hypothesis Or By A Suitable Reinterpretation Of Its Terms.
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