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Many people have heard of sodium pentothal, which is more commonly known as truth serum. there is widespread belief that it is infallible as a means of getting a person to behave honestly, however some research has found that people are actually capable of lying even when under the influence of truth serum. this is most relevant to the critical thinking concept of

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This is most relevant to the critical thinking concept of "Falsifiability".

Falsifiability is the capacity with regards to some suggestion, explanation, hypothesis or speculation to be demonstrated false. That capacity is a fundamental part of the logical strategy and theory testing. In a scientific setting, falsifiability is in some cases thought about synonymous with testability.

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