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Thomas Kuhn and the history of science. Models, paradigms, and intellectual intertia. Is it true that the best test of a theory is to try to disprove it? Yet the great bulk particularly of pain research is designed specifically to demonstrate that such-and-such approach is worthwhile. How close are research questions to practice questions?
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Confirmation bias is the tendency we have to see the world in a way that confirms our pre-existing beliefs. A particular version of this is the study intended and designed to support a theory.