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Concluding that knowledge influences behavior isn't science. It's common sense.



A conclusion supported by carefully collected data is science. A conclusion based on common sense is not.


You have no idea what science is. Suggesting a hypothesis and then proving it via rigorous testing is what science means. It isn’t whatever the hell you want it to be nor is “science” anything but a method to disprove hypotheses.


They quantified that though.




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