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Consilience does not forbid deviations: in fact, since not all experiments are perfect, some deviations from established knowledge are expected.
However, when the convergence is strong enough, then new evidence inconsistent with the previous conclusion is not usually enough to outweigh that convergence.
Without an equally strong convergence on the new result, the weight of evidence will still favor the established result.
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