Which one of the following is false?
A. If there are several competing explanations for something, one might be the best explanation even though it's probably false
B. If there are possible explanations that we haven't considered, then even the most probable of the explanations we have considered might have a probability of less than 50%
C. If a theory makes a piece of evidence more likely than a competing theory does, then after updating on the evidence, that theory should be more probable than the competing theory.
D. Just because a theory is the best explanation from among the explanations that have occurred to us, it doesn't follow that it's probably true.
Answer: C. If a theory makes a piece of evidence more likely than a competing theory does, then after updating on the evidence, that theory should be more probable than the competing theory.
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