Other Things Being Equal, One Hypothesis Is More Plausible Than

question 24

Multiple Choice

Other things being equal, one hypothesis is more plausible than another if:

• A)it would more fundamentally change the way we see the world
• B)it is more interesting than the other one
• C)we want to believe it more than we want to believe the other
• D)it is more consistent with the rest of our knowledge and simpler than the other
• E)it is more consistent with the rest of our knowledge and more complex than the other

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