A hypothesis is something which looks as if it might be true and were true, and which is capable of verification or refutation by comparison with facts. (Charles Sanders Peirce)

A hypothesis is something which looks as if it might be true and were true, and which is capable of verification or refutation by comparison with facts.

Charles Sanders Peirce

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