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Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platf...
So if the president says "The sun won't rise tomorrow", we can't reject that statement out of hand?
2019-nCoV
on May 27, 2020
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You'd be wise too, but you wouldn't be rejecting it empirically.
nkozyra
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"Empirical" does not mean exclusively present observation. It includes reacting to observed patterns a priori, for example.
jmoss20
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...observed patterns a priori?
nkozyra
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As in a priori observations can instruct an empirical conclusion.
2019-nCoV
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