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other. But the question of whether they can be so
dependent or not, than which no question is more of greater
importance to the well-being of science, never
receives at their hands any serious study. The
question is asked in the vaguest terms, without
any exact determination of what kind of
dependence is referred to; and is answered on
the basis of a loose analogy to cases in which
when the number of observations exceeds the
number required to draw a conclusion the
conclusion is utilized to correct the observations.
They do not reme analyze the conditions under
which such a thing is possible. For the reason
that under their method they first assume
an answer to it without any serious