If the theory accurately predicts what they [scientists] see, it confirms that it’s a good theory. If they see something that the theory didn’t lead them to believe, that’s what Thomas Kuhn calls an anomaly. The anomaly requires a revised theory – and you just keep going through the cycle, making a better theory.
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