When discussing the upcoming Super Bowl, John and Kamran were talking about the strengths and weaknesses of each team
While Kamran anticipated that one team was going to win and then backed up his prediction, John made no such statement. Instead, John commented on each team and what they would have to do in order to win. After the game, John noted that he had correctly analyzed the game, noting why the winning team had triumphed. Because none of his statements could be disproven, which concept of a science was John violating?
A) falsifiability
B) replicability
C) correlation vs. causation
D) overreliance on anecdotal evidence
Answer: A
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