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Scientific Inference: Balancing Predictive Success with Falsifiability
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Bayes' Theorem: Balancing predictive success with falsifiability
Despite its murky logical pedigree, confirmation is a key part of learning.…
Scientific Inference: Do We Really Need Induction?
Part 2. "We don't need no stinkin' induction" -- Sir Karl Popper
The traditional scientific method supposedly employs induction both in the…
Scientific Inference: Logical Induction Ain’t Logical
Three million years ago, the grandfathers of our genus used sharpened stones to chop wood and cut bone. Today, surgeons use fiber optic-guided…