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WHEN Adbul Khayyum began public 'bus services to remote areas of the North West Frontier Province certain mullahs objected on the ground that the absence of horses drawing the vehicles implied the presence of djinns under the bonnet. They were induced to withdraw their objections by being shown the actual mechanism by which 'buses were propelled. This story illustrates a fundamental principle of scientific theory construction:
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