...the man who reads a science text can easily take the applications to be
the evidence for the theory, the reasons why it ought to be believed.
But... the applications given in texts are not there as evidence but
because learning them is part of learning the paradigm at the base of
current practice. If applications were set forth as evidence, then the
very failure of texts to suggest alternative interpretations or to discuss
problems for which scientists have failed to produce paradigm solutions
would convict their authors of extreme bias. There is not the slightest
reason for such an indictment. -- Thomas Kuhn, "The Structure of
Scientific Revolutions"
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