• Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    I’d say they are though. Any theorist would be foolish not to acknowledge emeprical tests of their theory across multiple different conditions imo and readjust their model, but one can argue about this for days.

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      3 months ago

      What empirical tests? Just because a politician uses a label doesn’t make it true, usually the opposite in fact. Remember, the Nazi party (the original German one) rose to power by calling themselves socialists.