Leahey, since I’m not familiar with that line of philosophy, I would ask whether they had the concept of defying data as a bold and insolent act, one which calls for further attention, and which explicitly confesses that the theory and the experimental result are not compatible (so that replication will indeed destroy the theory). This is what I had thought was my innovation. I would not characterize the rejection of data in favor of theory as proud, but rather as sticking your head way out so that someone can easily chop it off.
Leahey, since I’m not familiar with that line of philosophy, I would ask whether they had the concept of defying data as a bold and insolent act, one which calls for further attention, and which explicitly confesses that the theory and the experimental result are not compatible (so that replication will indeed destroy the theory). This is what I had thought was my innovation. I would not characterize the rejection of data in favor of theory as proud, but rather as sticking your head way out so that someone can easily chop it off.