Ep 198: Bayesianism
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The Power of Knowledge and Explanatory Reach
Knowledge is information that gets copied and solves a problem./nWritten or copied information is considered knowledge./nExplanatory knowledge is the most significant kind of knowledge./nAn explanation is a hard-to-vary account of what exists, what it does, how it does it, and why it does it./nExplanatory knowledge solves problems with existing knowledge and becomes a solution itself./nExplanatory knowledge has the potential to solve unforeseen problems, known as reach./nEinstein's theory of relativity exemplifies reach by solving problems he never imagined, like the GPS system.
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