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It's not founded on incorrect reasoning, which would imply a logical inconsistency or error in the deductions, but it could be founded on false postulates. (A postulate is like an axiom except that it is held to be true in the real world, as opposed to being abstractly true.)



That's true of all science since the beginning of science.




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