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Ep 91: David Deutsch‘s ”The Fabric of Reality” Chapter 3 “Problem Solving” Part 2

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Is There a Confirmation Bias?

Popper writes that shorty explanations that yield correct predictions are too appenny as UFO enthusiasts, conspiracy theorists and pseudo scientists of every variety should but never do bear in mind. Popper's just conceding a certain amount of ground to his opponents politely so that the conversation can keep on going because they of course are absolutely enamored by this idea of justification and support and confirmation. So I don't think any of this is needed.

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