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Ep. 182 - How to call out B.S. and Pseudoscience

Iron Culture

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How Can I Be Wrong?

When you have two explanations that are equally plausible, the more simple one is probably accurate. The band tof the conspiracy, theoristrit and ohms razor is a very usefula model of thinking. It's not right, it's wrong, but it's useful. A lot of people have a very tough time gauging whether there actually are two equally plausible arguments. So i think it needs to become a daily practice. You have to be willing to do things like asking, how could i be wrong? How could this person be wrong? Even though youre immediate need jeras, yes, that makes sense. That squares the circle for me. I had an inkling, and now

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