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

Yet for all its reach, we still lack an empirical answer to a basic question: How has hip hop affected the lives of those most exposed to it?

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

It is less a sudden ideological turn and more a downstream effect of years of empirical work.

From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026

Duesberg’s intellectual journey points to an eternal question in science: At what point does a theory become so discredited and the empirical evidence against it so strong, that its advocates should be ignored?

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026

Maybe they’ll investigate some important empirical problem that has been troubling him for years.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr