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<p>An influential argument for scientific realism posits that, if scientific theories were not true, their empirical success would be a coincidence. Here, I show that the false Drude’s theory succeeds in explaining the Wiedemann-Franz law by coincidence—a fortuitous compensation of errors.</p>

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Two Wrongs Make One Right

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    2026年3月13日

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  • Michele Pizzochero

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An influential argument for scientific realism posits that, if scientific theories were not true, their empirical success would be a coincidence. Here, I show that the false Drude’s theory succeeds in explaining the Wiedemann-Franz law by coincidence—a fortuitous compensation of errors.