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"In so far as a scientific statement speaks about reality, it must be falsifiable: and in so far as it is not falsifiable, it does not speak about reality. (論一個理論成為科學理論的必要條件是可證偽性)"
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"Like many a man before him, he found himself forced into a lie because the truth simply would not be believed."
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