A Person Claims That He Can Start Fires by Using

question 27

Multiple Choice

A person claims that he can start fires by using his mental powers. If we start with the hypothesis that his claim is true, we can

• A) put him in a room with just a newspaper and watch him start a fire.
• B) do nothing; this is not a testable hypothesis.
• C) make him explain how he starts fires with his mind.
• D) watch a video of him starting a fire with his mind.

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