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Old 14-September-2007, 01:19 PM
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A true experiment tests the circumstances to see if the contemplated cause-and-effect emerges. A conspiracy theory adjusts the circumstances until the desired cause-and-effect emerges, regardless of whether those circumstances bear any resemblance to real life or what happened in some particular case.
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