PEDIATRICS Vol. 98 No. 6 December 1996, pp. A54
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THE CRUCIAL QUESTION

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[The Question] ... consists of asking in your own mind, on hearing a scientific experiment described: "What hypothesis does your experiment disprove?"

This goes straight to the heart of the matter. It forces everyone to refocus the central question of whether there is a testable scientific thesis or not.