Just-so story
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just-so-story-280-7911889
title:
Just-so story
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In science and philosophy, a just-so story is an untestable narrative explanation for a cultural practice, a biological trait, or behavior of humans or other animals. The pejorative nature of the expression is an implicit criticism that reminds the listener of the fictional and unprovable nature of such an explanation. Such tales are common in folklore genres like mythology. A less pejorative term is a pourquoi story, which has been used to describe usually more mythological or otherwise traditi
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Unverifiable narrative explanation
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just-so_story
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2023-08-27T08:29:33Z
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