Use the following statement attributed to the French philosopher Denis Diderot, the chief editor of the Encyclopédie, to answer the question below:

"In order to shake a hypothesis, it is sometimes not necessary to do anything more than push it as far as it will go."-Public Domain

What does Diderot mean by the phrase "shake a hypothesis"? (5 points)

interpret it literally
combine it with another hypothesis
provide it with additional force
prove it is flawed or wrong

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Use the following statement attributed to the French philosopher Denis Diderot, the chief editor of the Encyclopédie, to answer the question below:

"In order to shake a hypothesis, it is sometimes not necessary to do anything more than push it as far as it will go."-Public Domain

What does Diderot mean by the phrase "shake a hypothesis"? (5 points)
 	
	interpret it literally
	combine it with another hypothesis
	provide it with additional force
	prove it is flawed or wrong