Whenever known and sufficient causes are available, it is anti-scientific to discard them in favour of a hypothesis that can never be verified. (Max Weber)

Whenever known and sufficient causes are available, it is anti-scientific to discard them in favour of a hypothesis that can never be verified.

Max Weber

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