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  1. In science, an idea concerning an event and
  2. its possible explanation. The term is one
  3. favoured by the followers of the philosopher
  4. Popper, who argue that the merit of a
  5. scientific hypothesis lies in its ability to
  6. make testable predictions.
  7.