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		samatman on July 6, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Did the early medieval era ever take place? Theories aren't evidence at all, what could you mean by this?

pessimizer on July 6, 2022 [–]

A particular theory is a glue potentially connecting some number of observations. The observations + theory are evidence.

The reason that a messy pool of blood on the floor is evidence of violence is the theory that the blood came out of a person in a messy way.

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