When two conflicting hypotheses explain past data with equally well, science dictates we accept
the one with more of this property.
What is - predictive power?
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A Hypothesis may become this when it has withstood a substantial test.
What is - A Theory
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This principle requires that we assume technologies are dangerous until proven safe.
What is - The Precautionary Principle
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This process that gave the status quo a high degree of immunity to change.
What is - Evolution
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Human behavioral programming is highly diverse, and changes rapidly over time because of this
mode of inheritance
What is - Culture (or nurture)
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This is a feature of the channeled scablands that J. Harlen Bretz argued could not be explained by
gradual erosion.
What are hanging valleys, glacial eratics, giant pot holes, dry falls, giant ripples?
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This attribute of plants indicates how much carbon they have removed from their environment.
What is - Mass (or weight)
Except – water weight