According to the law of parsimony, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle should have believed that
a) fairies were real.
b) the girls played an elaborate hoax on him.
c) fairies are real even though the girls were playing an elaborate hoax on him.
d) The law of parsimony does not apply in this situation.
B
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
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