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The practice of science is complex.1 However, the idea of science is simply to ensure that statements about the world are borne out when compared with observed reality.2 The truth of a statement is judged by how well it accords with empirical evidence.
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Lepper, J. (2011). Market As Science. In: An Enquiry into the Ideology and Reality of Market and Market System. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230346802_6
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