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When trying to explain past phenomena, historical scientists try to construct a set of hypotheses about the causes and then look for a so called "[[smoking gun]]", a piece of evidence which indicates that one of the hypotheses might be a better explanation than the others.<ref>{{Cite journal

When trying to explain past phenomena, historical scientists try to construct a set of hypotheses about the causes and then look for a so called "[[smoking gun]]", a piece of evidence which indicates that one of the hypotheses might be a better [[Explanation in science|explanation]] than the others.<ref>{{Cite journal

| author=Cleland, C.E.

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| title=Methodological and Epistemic Differences between Historical Science and Experimental Science

| title=Methodological and Epistemic Differences between Historical Science and Experimental Science