Ad Hoc Hypothesis Generation
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Site Images Exhibit 2. Role of Disconfirming Evidence+ in Hypothesis Evaluation. We run hands-on tests to confirm or disconfirm our pet theories. Disconfirming evidence often doesn't lead to a wholesale rejection of theories, since they are quite tightly interwoven with many other of our beliefs. Instead we go through a cycle of ad hoc hypothesis generation+: tweaking pet theories around the edges without too much damage to the core.
