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Why I Could Be Wrong

1 pointsby aor215over 2 years ago

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aoristover 2 years ago
This is like Cartiesian scepticism [0] justified by attempting to reject the fixed points of the prior in Bayes&#x27; rule [1]. The implication is that your belief in something should always be an epsilon away from 100% (and presumably 0%).<p>[0]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;plato.stanford.edu&#x2F;entries&#x2F;skepticism&#x2F;#ArguForCartSkepEmplClosPrin" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;plato.stanford.edu&#x2F;entries&#x2F;skepticism&#x2F;#ArguForCartSk...</a> [1]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.austintripp.ca&#x2F;blog&#x2F;2018&#x2F;08&#x2F;21&#x2F;bayes-no-certain-priors" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.austintripp.ca&#x2F;blog&#x2F;2018&#x2F;08&#x2F;21&#x2F;bayes-no-certain-...</a>