The Signal Detection Challenges

There is a more rational way to reconcile our ignorance with our desires the tool of reason called signal detection theory or statistical decision theory. He then goes on to say quote. There's no role for waiting or Bayesian reasoning you just do the best thing You follow the good explanation because all the others are bad explanations by the light of the existence of a solitary single good explanation. We're about to see this in the next paragraph where pinker tries to conjure a bunch of examples But the examples are too abstract and when taken seriously and looked at carefully we will see that they don't work. So that's another matter. So let's keep going. This is a very slow process through this