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#385 - Gurwinder Bhogal - 15 Mental Models To Understand Psychology

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Hitchin's Razor, What Can Be Affirmed Without Evidence?

Hitchin's razor: What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence. Originally thought of by a guy called bertrand russell, who was a great philosopher. If the onus is on you to disprove it, then you have to believe in pretty much everything. And so because you can't prove hathre's no teapot there, e is by assuming that what has been asserted, itout evidence. Cant be dismissed without Evidence,. Because if you don't do that, then you've got to believe everything.

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