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import React from 'react';
export default function AdHoc() {
return (
<div className="space-y-6 font-mono text-sm leading-relaxed">
<p>
An <strong className="text-current">Ad Hoc</strong> (Latin for "to this") argument or rescue is an explanation entirely invented after the fact to save a flawed theory from being disproven.
</p>
<div className="border-l-2 border-emerald-500/50 pl-4 py-1 italic opacity-70 text-xs">
Changing the rules of the game just so you don't lose.
</div>
<p>Key characteristics:</p>
<ul className="space-y-2 text-xs opacity-80 list-disc pl-4">
<li>
<strong>Post-Facto:</strong> It is not a prediction or a premise; it is an excuse created exactly at the moment it is needed.
</li>
<li>
<strong>Untestable:</strong> Often, the ad hoc rescue introduces a new variable that cannot be independently tested or verified. E.g., "The psychic's powers didn't work because your negative energy interfered with them."
</li>
<li>
<strong>Complexity:</strong> It violates Occam's Razor by constantly adding new, unnecessary complexities to a theory just to keep it alive.
</li>
</ul>
</div>
);
}