empirical evidence

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empirical evidence (uncountable)

  1. Information (to support or refute a theory) supported by scientific experimentation or statistical analysis, involving testable observations made using the physical senses or using instruments which extend the senses.
    • 2017 December 22, NATALIE WOLCHOVER, “String Theory”, in the Atlantic[1]:
      String theory is considered the leading “theory of everything,” but there’s still no empirical evidence for it.