To test the theory, he asked more than sixty college students to take part in an experiment.

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What's the method of science? You have a theory; what do you do? Put it to the test.

科学的方法是什么，现在有一个理论;,准备怎么办，验证它。

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Arguably, Freud fails the test because Freudian theory is often so vague and flexible that it can't really be tested in any reliable way.

可以肯定的是，弗洛伊德的理论无法得到验证,因为精神分析理论的内容,太过模糊又太易变通,你无法通过任何可靠的方式,去验证它的正确性。

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