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Originally Posted by Gillianren
Finding what you believe to be more and more similiarities between the US and Rome is not, despite what you may believe, what you need to do in order to make your claim seem more reasonable.
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There is also a need to avoid "confirmation bias". If you just look for parallels then you will likely be guilty of this, i.e. trying to find data that fits your hypothesis rather than looking for data that may falsify it. Then again, I'm not sure what would be regarded as an observation that Robert would accept as falsifying his hypothesis.