hypothesis
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For multinational corporations, this creates a phenomenon Stratford calls the “frown curve” hypothesis.
The biggest flaw in the Hegelian viewpoint about supposedly great men is that his entire hypothesis about an unfolding historical process is flat wrong.
From Salon
This idea echoes a long-standing hypothesis in sleep research -- and even in classical psychoanalysis -- that dreams may act as "guardians of sleep."
From Science Daily
"Until recently, while stellar rotation was thought to be part of solving this conundrum, limited computing abilities prevented us from quantitatively testing the hypothesis," says Falk Herwig, principal investigator and director of ARC.
From Science Daily
In total, the team evaluated more than 700 hypotheses and asked the same question 10 times for each one to measure consistency.
From Science Daily
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