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  • What signals make you decide to abandon a research hypothesis entirely?

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    Researchers invest significant time developing a hypothesis. Before giving it up completely you need enough solid evidence. What practical objective signals tell you it is time to fully discard your core hypothesis?

    Luna, Madelyn and 7 others
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    • Multiple independent well‑controlled experiments consistently fail to support the claim.

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      • Repeated debugging still cannot rescue core predicted patterns.

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