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    It is not the case that An indefinitely large number of competing hypotheses can equally explain any surprising fact e, making none individually privileged.

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    • 1.Explanatory power differs: simpler, more unified hypotheses predict novel phenomena better than ad hoc alternatives.
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    • 2.In practice, competing hypotheses face different burdens of proof; unfalsifiable hypotheses cannot be scientifically defended.
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    • 3.The claim itself is self-undermining: if indefinitely many explanations work equally, the claim itself has no privileged support.
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    • 1.For any observation, we can always construct ad hoc hypotheses with auxiliary assumptions that retroactively fit the evidence.
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    • 2.Empirical equivalence between theories means no amount of observational data alone can logically eliminate all alternatives.
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    • 3.Historical science shows multiple competing frameworks (geocentrism vs heliocentrism) explained the same astronomical facts.
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