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just-so story

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Japanese Meaning
現状や事実の状態を説明するために創作された、仮説的・便宜的な物語。 / 現状を説明しようとする試みとして構築された、必ずしも実証に基づかない説明的な話。
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批評家はその理論が複雑な社会的行動に対する、心地よいが検証されていない都合の良い説明にすぎないと主張した。

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(anthropology, social sciences, literature) A story used as an explanation of a current state of affairs.

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just-so story

The critic argued that the theory was nothing more than a just-so story, a comforting but untested explanation for complex social behavior.

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The critic argued that the theory was nothing more than a just-so story, a comforting but untested explanation for complex social behavior.

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