Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Always an exception.

Making absolute claims may be quite fun, but there's always an exception.

Hence the phrase "exception to the rule". Which can tend to become a way of explaining away evidence that contradicts the rule. So which is which?

As Kuhn long ago noted, we tend to fit everything into our paradigms which are - once enough contradictory evidence is cumulated - is overhauled. So how much is much?

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