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53: The Case Against Reality | Don Hoffman (classic + updated)

The After On Podcast

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The Importance of Epistemic Probabilities

Epistemic means that it's actually a reflection of your own ignorance. If we say with apparent accuracy that there is a two thirds chance that this is going to happen each and every time, maybe a roulette wheel. Epistemic would say actually you're just ignorant about the details. A statement that everything is epistemic is another way of saying everything is completely deterministic.

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