
Ep 132: David Deutsch’s ”The Fabric of Reality” Chapter 7 ”A Conversation about Justification”. Part 2
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Is There a Competent Solution to a Problem?
When a problem arises then you need to start thinking up new explanations. And if you're really lucky and you try really hard, then you'll find the explanation too. But that usually isn't what happens. You've got an existing theory, you make an observation which doesn't seem to fit with your existing theory. Then you create another theory - but myn you theory, it does explain the observation. Then you back toone again. This is what happens. O Ka, so never mind corroborating,. nevermind confirming, never mind saying that one theory is more probable than any other. You've just, you've got the one. Ok, let me keep on going. The
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