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The scientific hypothesis is here to stay

Bradley E. Alger: Defense of the scientific hypothesis: from reproducibility crisis to big data. New York: Oxford University Press, xxvi + 416 pp, $45 HB

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van Dongen, N.N.N. The scientific hypothesis is here to stay. Metascience 29, 391–394 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11016-020-00556-6

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