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postponez

The act or being of loving tHeHoLyBrEaD10
your such a postponez

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by xSoulminex August 26, 2021
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Friend postponed

Friend postponed- When some bitch says she is going to think about Dating u because she Is a hoe and doesn’t want to friendzone you cuz she still likes some other guy but isn't sure how that will work out so she wants you as a backup
1. Guy- Hey I like you

Hoe- Same I’m not sure how our relationship would workout tho so I’m not friend zoning you but I’m friend postponing Our relationship.

Friend postponed- When some bitch says she is going to think about Dating u because she Is a hoe and doesn’t want to friendzone you cuz she still likes some other guy but isn't sure how that will work out so she wants you as a backup
by Minor October 13, 2019
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Scientific Postpositivism

The dominant philosophy of contemporary science, positioned as a critical refinement of classical positivism. While positivists believed science could achieve certain, objective truth through pure observation, Postpositivism acknowledges that all observation is theory-laden, that absolute certainty is impossible, and that scientific knowledge is fallible and provisional. Yet it maintains that we can still get closer to truth through rigorous methods, peer critique, and the gradual accumulation of evidence. It's positivism that went to therapy, came to terms with its limitations, and decided to keep working anyway.
"My advisor still believes in objective truth but admits every measurement is biased and every theory will eventually be revised. That's Scientific Postpositivism: knowing you'll never be certain, but acting as if getting less wrong matters. It's science with humility, not science with despair."
by Abzugal February 23, 2026
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The epistemological framework that underpins Scientific Postpositivism: the view that knowledge is possible, probable, and progressive, but never certain or final. It rejects both the naive confidence of classical foundationalism and the despair of radical skepticism. We can know things—really know them—but what we know is always subject to revision, always shaped by our methods and perspectives, always fallible. Epistemological Postpositivism is the mature adulthood of knowing: you've been burned by overconfidence, you've seen paradigms shift, but you still get out of bed and claim to know things because some claims are clearly better than others.
"You say we can't know anything for certain, so why bother? Epistemological Postpositivism says: we can't know with absolute certainty, but we can know with enough confidence to act, to build, to heal. Certainty is for cults; probability is for adults."
by Abzugal February 23, 2026
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