empirical

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The idea that “there will be no victor or vanquished” is not poetic fatalism, it is empirical reality.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2026

But 34 years later, Sims and Sargent would share in the 2011 economics Nobel for “for their empirical research on cause and effect in the macroeconomy.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

"There are plenty of theories, but until now there has been very little empirical work carried out on the basic, measurable characteristics of the signs," Bentz explains.

From Science Daily • Feb. 25, 2026

“Our culture formed and bound by empirical science, will never credit such an explanation. But what if there is some important sense in which it is true?”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

Boyle and Newton believed in the transmutation of base metals into gold; but they were excellent judges when dealing with other empirical questions.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton