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Reproducibility of natural phenomena and experimental results, irrespective of location and time, enables prediction of future events. It is shown that this property of nature and its laws is the basis for the ontogenesis of each individual, for the evolution of humankind, and for the progress of civilization. Every living organism is an empiricist and inductionist, and all living organisms (including antiscientists and skeptical philosophers) obey the laws of nature in their subconscious every day and every minute.
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Kricheldorf, H.R. (2016). Laws of Nature and Everyday Life. In: Getting It Right in Science and Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30388-8_3
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