
Episode 61: A Critical Rationalist Defense of Corroboration
The Theory of Anything
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The Importance of Choosing the Right Explanation
Scientist David Deutsch says that scientific theories are chosen, justified, and believed according to the weight of the evidence in their favor. He likens this to Eros theorem, shows how this is actually an incoherent way of looking at it as per Eros Principle. Deborah Mayo argues that we really kind of ignores the ability to solve problems where we can create new options as we go.
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