A psychic claims that he can read the minds of people on the planet Zipton, which is millions of light years away. The main scientific objection is that this claim
A) confuses correlation with causation.
B) ignores the role of demand characteristics.
C) is based on a negative correlation.
D) is not falsifiable.
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Q14: "Falsifiability" is considered a desirable characteristic for
Q15: To say that a theory is falsifiable
Q16: Which of the following would NOT be
Q17: To say that a theory is falsifiable
Q18: A falsifiable theory
A) disagrees with known, replicable
Q20: A falsifiable theory is one that
A) makes
Q21: According to the principle of parsimony, we
Q22: To determine whether a theory is parsimonious,
Q23: If competent researchers consistently get similar results
Q24: Why do investigators sometimes repeat an experiment
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