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Re: Start the Week - Radio 4
Jan 01, 2015, 14:12
corroborate=confirm.....

But "confirm" is a problematic term isn't it? Does one result corroborate another? Or does it need ten? And can "similar" be cited as confirmation?

What about double blind testing? Why, since Mesmer's claims of animal magnetism were tested in that way in 1784, have many generations of dowsers maintained that self-confirmation or colleague-confirmation are enough and the only true corroboration?
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