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The phrase “Measure of Doubt” has two meanings. For one, it refers to Russell’s exhortation that we should never take any claim as dogma. But that doesn’t mean that we shoul…
The phrase “Measure of Doubt” has two meanings. For one, it refers to Russell’s exhortation that we should never take any claim as dogma. But that doesn’t mean that we should treat every claim as equally likely. The second meaning of the phrase, then, is about “measuring” how much doubt, or credence, to place in a theory based on the available evidence. We think that this title captures our shared goal for this blog: Exploring interesting ideas in the natural sciences, the social sciences, current events, and philosophy, and in the process, learning to recognize biases, logical fallacies,…
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