Suppose you advance a theory that says that all cats have good night vision. You then set out to test the vision of cats all around the world, because if you find cats who can't see well at night then your theory will be refuted. In the context of critical thinking, this is an example of
A) replicability.
B) ruling out rival hypotheses.
C) parsimony.
D) falsifiability.
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